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DAY 1

INTRO TO COURSE / EMT TRAINING

-INTRO TO STAFF AND STUDENTS

-INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY CARE & -TRAINING

-MEDICAL LEGAL ISSUES

LUNCH

PATIENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

-SCENE SAFETY

-INITIAL ASSESSMENT

-DETAILED PHYSICAL   EXAM

-VITAL SIGNS

DAY 2

SCENARIO

MEDICAL HISTORY

DOCUMENTATION

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION & CLEARING PROCEDURES

LUNCH           

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION &   RESPIRATORY ARREST

O2 THERAPY

 

DAY 3

SCENARIO

BLEEDING   & SHOCK

CPR

LUNCH

CPR - CHILDREN AND INFANTS

CPR CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE REMOTE ENVIRONMENT

CHEST TRAUMA

SCENARIO

DAY 4

COMMON & SIMPLE

SCENARIO

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

LIFTING AND MOVING

SPINAL PACKAGING

LUNCH

C-COLLARS

BACK BOARD AND KED BOARD

SPINAL EVENT

LITTER PACKAGING

BACK COUNTRY SPINAL CLEARING

DINNER

PRACTICAL SKILL STATIONS

 

DAY 5

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMON & SIMPLE

CPR TEST, QUIZ

SCENARIO

LUNCH

HEAD INJURIES

SOFT TISSUE INJURIES

BURNS

INFECTION

 

DAY 6

ER -   CLINICAL REVIEW

MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES:

ATHLETIC INJURIES.

LUNCH

FRACTURES

TRACTION SPLINTS  

DISLOCATIONS

SCENARIOS

DAY 7

COMMON & SIMPLE

SCENARIO

COLD EMERGENCIES

HYPOTHERMIA

FROST BITE & IMMERSION FOOT

LUNCH

SCENARIO

HEAT & HYDRATION

QUIZ        

DINNER

PRACTICAL SKILL STATIONS

DAY 8

COMMON & SIMPLE

SKILL STATIONS

LUNCH

G.I.M.P. - GLOBAL INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDICAL PATIENT

ABDOMINAL EMERGENCIES

DIABETES

RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES

SCENARIO

DAY 9

COMMON & SIMPLE

SCENARIO

NEUROLOGICAL EMERGENCIES

CARDIAC EMERGENCIES

POISONING

LUNCH

SCENARIO

QUIZ

TRIAGE   

MULTIPLE CASUALTY

INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM

SCENARIO

DINNER

PRACTICAL SKILLS STATIONS

DAY 10

COMMON & SIMPLE

CASE STUDIES   

DISTURBANCES OF BEHAVIOR

ALCOHOL & DRUG EMERGENCIES

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE

LUNCH

PRACTICAL SKILLS STATIONS

                          

DAY 11

ER - CLINICAL REVIEW

COMMON & SIMPLE             

SCENARIOS

SPLINTING WORKSHOP

LUNCH

LIGHTNING

SCENARIO

 

DAY 12  

COMMON & SIMPLE

SCENARIO

NORTH AMERICAN BITES AND STINGS

ANAPHYLAXIS

LUNCH

ALTITUDE ILLNESS

SUMBERSION INCIDENTS

COLD WATER IMMERSION

SCUBA DIVING INJURIES

SCENARIO

DINNER

WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE

DAY 13                          

COMMON & SIMPLE

SKILLS PRACTICE

LUNCH

GERIATRICS

SCENARIO

EMERGENCY CHILDBIRTH

SCENARIO

 

DAY 14

COMMON & SIMPLE

EMERGENCY CHILDBIRTH

INFANTS AND CHILDREN

LUNCH

QUIZ

GENDER

DINNER

PRACTICAL SKILL STATIONS

DAY 15

COMMON & SIMPLE

SEARCH FUNCTION & SEARCH EXERCISE         

EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY PLANS AND TEAM PREPAREDNESS

ANATOMY OF A RESCUE

LITTER IMPROVISATION LAB

LUNCH

LONG TERM PATIENT CARE

SCENARIOS

EXAM     

                     

DAY 16

AMBULANCE OPERATIONS

LUNCH

QUIZ

RADIO COMMUNICATION SKILLS

SCENARIO

MOCK RESCUE PREP

DINNER AND PERSONAL/TEAM PREP TIME

MOCK RESCUE IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT

DAY 17

COMMON & SIMPLE WRAP-UP

MOCK RESCUE DEBRIEF

CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS DEBRIEFING

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

HELICOPTER RESCUE CONSIDERATIONS

LUNCH

EXPEDITION MEDICINES

PRACTICAL SKILLS STATIONS - FINAL SIGN OFFS

DINNER

PRACTICAL SKILLS STATIONS - FINAL SIGN OFFS

DAY 18

CLEAN UP

FINAL TEST

LUNCH

WILDERNESS WRITTEN EXAM

TEST RESULTS                       

 

DAY 19  

PRACTICAL SKILLS EXAM - BY APPOINTMENT

LUNCH

PRACTICAL SKILLS EXAM - BY APPOINTMENT

 

DAY 20  

NATIONAL REGISTRY WRITTEN EXAM

RECERT INFORMATION

COURSE CLOSING

LUNCH and DEPARTURE

             

 

 
 
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Moulage (stage make-up) gets students thinking beyond the textbooks and adds to the realism of WMI scenarios.
© Brad Christensen


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