Wilderness/ Remote and Improvised Medicine

This course will provide students with knowledge of how to stabilize themselves or others in emergency situations in a wilderness or remote environment. We will also help students to develop a mindset for improvising medical treatment with limited to no equipment. Topics discussed in this course include:

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• Refresher on vital signs

• Refresher on patient assessment

• Environmental emergencies

• Medical conditions in the wilderness

• Trauma in the wilderness

• Packaging a patient in the wilderness

• Special considerations

• Improvised medicine