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PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAMS
WILDERNESS
MEDICINE SKILLS PRACTICUM
Friday & Saturday, July 25-26, 2008
Presented by: Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI) of the National Outdoor Leadership
School (NOLS)
Credit: 15 FAWM credits; 15.5 CME Credits
Fee: $395
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This program is open
to all levels of health care providers and focuses
on developing competency in fundamental wilderness
medical skills through coached practice and hands-on
scenarios simulating likely wilderness medical scenarios.
You will learn fundamental, yet critical, skills
for managing patients in a wilderness or extended
care environment.
Summary of Objectives
Upon completion of the practicum
the participant, in a wilderness setting, will
be able to:
• Perform a patient
assessment; manage life threats and scene safety
• Manage head, spine, and musculoskeletal
injury with minimal equipment
• Manage emergencies due to heat, cold, and
altitude
• Understand the utility and limits of ALS
in the wilderness
• Prepare a reasonable pack with essential
medical and personal gear for 24 hours in the wilderness
• Organize, lead, and participate in a simulated
wilderness litter evacuation
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WMI: For 18 years the Wilderness Medicine
Institute has been a leader in wilderness medical
training with more than 40,000 graduates. It teaches
wilderness medicine practices and protocols that
are supported by a physician-based medical advisory
panel.
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| Friday, July 25, 2008 |
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Introduction: Wilderness v Urban Medicine |
| 8:30 – 9:00 |
Patient Assessment
in the wilderness (12-002-.5-0) |
| 9:00 – 10:30 |
Spine Injury:
Lifting and moving; patient packaging and immobilization
with commercial litters (12-011-1.5-0) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Head Injury Assessment and Management – Assessment and treatment; evacuation decision guideline (12-032-.5-0) |
| 11:00 – 12:30 |
Shock and
Chest Injury: Assessment and management (12-015-1.5-0) |
| 12:30-1:30 |
Lunch |
| 1:30 – 2:30 |
Spine Injury:
Immobilization and transport with improvised litters
(12-011-1-0) |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Spinal Assessment
and Management: Use of the NEXUS protocol in the
wilderness
(12-033-.5-0) |
| 3:00-4:00 |
Wound, Burn,
and Infection Management (12-012-1-0, 12-014-1-0) |
| 4:00-6:00 |
Fracture Management:
Improvised extremity splints (12-008-1-0, 12-045-1-0) |
| Saturday, July 26,
2008 |
| 8:00 – 8:30 |
Dislocations: Management of dislocations,
including field reduction techniques
(12-041-.5-0) |
| 8:30 - 9:15 |
Small Group
Leadership, Teamwork, and Communication: Managing
a scenario in the wilderness – the prepared
pack, what to carry into the wilderness (06-003-.75-2) |
| 9:15 - 9:45 |
Wilderness
Scenario: Skills practice (12-002-.5-0) |
| 9:45 - 11:00 |
Cold Injury:
Hypothermia recognition and treatment; field management
of frostbite and non-freezing cold injury (09-001-1.25-0) |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Heat Illness:
Recognition, prevention, and treatment (09-009-1-0) |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:45 |
Altitude Illness:
Recognition, treatment, prevention (03-002-.75-0) |
| 1:45 - 2:30 |
The Medical Patient
in the Wilderness: Evacuation decision strategy (12-001-.75-0) |
| 2:30 - 4:00 |
Final Wilderness Scenario (12-039-1.5-0) |
MILITARY
MEDICINE LESSONS: APPLICATIONS IN A WILDERNESS
ENVIRONMENT
Credit: 3.5 FAWM Credits; 3.75 CME
Credits
Fee: $95
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This symposium
was developed by Dr. Brad Bennett to meet the required
needs of fellowship candidates for the Academy
of Wilderness Medicine by offering in-depth information
in several core curriculum topics. It is, however,
open to all interested conference attendees.
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| Saturday, July 26, 2008 |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
Overview of Tactical Combat Casualty
Care (TCCC) guidelines Dr, Brad Bennett (12-019-1.5-1) |
| 12:30 – 1:15 |
Tourniquets and Hemostatic Agents, J. Hagmann
MD (
07-002-.75-1) |
| 1:15 – 2:00 |
Analgesia and Antibiotics, M. Otten MD (12-003-.25-1,
12-004-.5-1) |
| 2:00 – 2:15 |
Break |
| 2:15 – 3:00 |
Hemorrhagic Shock and Fluid Resuscitation, S.
Giebner MD (12-046-.5-1, 07-002-.25-1) |
| 3:00 – 3:45 |
Trauma, Hypothermia and Management,
J. Holcomb MD (09-032-.75-1) |
| 3:45 – 4:00 |
Q &A, Panel
Discussion and Closing Remarks
Moderator: Bennett |
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