Medical Issues

Medical classes, led by a number of nationally-recognized experts in their respective fields, will cover a wide variety of practical SAR-related subjects, including hands-on first responder essential skills; heat illness and associated hazards; avalanche resuscitation and much more. Sponsored by North American Rescue.

Classes

Class registration will open as the event approaches

Spinal Cord Protection in the Wilderness Setting: 2024 Clinical Practice Guildeline Update

Button

This class will recap the 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline Update as relates to spinal cord protection in the wilderness.

Psychological First Aid for Rescuers

Button

Psychological first aid for rescuers and rescuees.

Avalanche Resuscitation

Button

A review of the current best practices in post-avalanche patient care.

Saving a life: assessment, care, and evacuation of the critical patient

Button

Critcial patient care in the wilderness

Integration of SAR and ALS EMS

Button

Learn how a unit created an ALS-level SAR medic program featuring a team of full-time paramedics.

Getting the Word Out: Preparedness for Staying Alive Beyond the 10 Essentials

Button

A case review and discussion of potential approaches to public safety messaging.

Suspension Syndrome: Guidelines Update

Button

ICAR Guidelines for Suspension Syndrome

Hands-On First Responder Essential Skills

Button

A hands-on course for essential first responder skills.

Heat Illness and Associated Hazards; the Body's Struggle in Surviving the Grand Canyon

Button

A discussion using case examples and research from the Grand Canyon on the hazards of heat illness in hot environments, to include heat stroke, hyponatremia, and hypercalcemia.