Wilderness First Aid Session 2

Lecture: Mountaineering-Oriented First Aid

Wilderness First Aid Session 2 - Jefferson County Fire Protection Building (Port Townsend)

  • For Beginners (Getting Started Series)

8 am to 5 pm

Saturday- classroom topics for presentation and discussion (chapters 5-7, 10, 12-17, 19-20, 22-25)

  1. Trauma
    1. Wound Management
    2. Orthopedic Injuries
    3. Head and Spinal Injuries
  2. Medical
    1. Respiratory
    2. Cardiac
    3. Abdominal
    4. Altered Mental Status
    5. Allergic Reactions
  3. Environmental
    1. Heat/Cold
    2. Hydration
    3. Lightning
    4. Drowning
    5. Altitude
    6. Avalanche
Route/Place

Jefferson County Fire Protection Building (Port Townsend)


Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

  1. Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care, 5th Ed. – Wilderness Medical Society.
  2. Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine, 3rd Ed – MOSBY; Auerbach, Donner, Weiss.
  3. Wilderness Medicine, 5th Ed – NOLS; Tod Schimelpfenig.
  4. Mountaineering First Aid, 5th Ed. - Mountaineers Books; Carline, Lentz, Macdonald.
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