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Course Outline
Registration and introduction
Wilderness Emergency Care.
Leader responsibility and liability.
Review of principle body systems.
- Homeostasis and tissue tolerances.
- Nervous system.
- Cardiovascular system.
- Respiratory system.
Backcountry management of shock.
Leadership and accident scene management.
Patient Assessment System. (SOAP)
- Scene survey & safety.
- Primary survey.
- Backcountry implications of CPR.
- Airway management.
- Spinal cord injury management.
- Secondary survey.
- Vitals - Establishing a baseline.
- Medical history.
- Physical exam.
- Recording observations, assessment.
Long term patient care and monitoring.
Simulation.
Backcountry wound management
- Bleeding.
- Preventing infection.
- Promoting healing.
- Dressing and long-term care.
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First aid kits and supplies
- Backcountry water disinfection.
- Traumatic injuries.
- Head injuries.
- Chest Injuries.
- Spinal injuries.
- Abdominal injuries.
Environmental emergencies.
Cold related illnesses.
Heat related illnesses.
Toxins.
Lightning.
Submersion accidents.
Musculoskeletal injuries
- Anatomy.
- Types of injuries.
- Assessment.
- Management.
- Practical and Simulations
Medical problems and emergencies.
- Diabetes.
- Allergic reactions.
- Epilepsy and seizures.
- Gastrointestinal disorders.
- Medications.
Common expedition problems.
Review course material.
Simulations.
Exam.
Review exam.
Course debriefing.
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