2009 WRMC Proceedings

Emergency Procedures and Crisis Response

• Why Victim Relations is as Important (maybe more?) as Pulic Relations - Will Marling (pdf)

Legal/ Insurance

• The Role of a Medical Advisor - Shana Tarter (pdf)

Program Management and Administration

• SCIRA Article - Jeff Jackson (pdf)
• SCIRA Presentation - Jeff Jackson (pdf)
• SCIRA Handout - Jeff Jackson (pdf)
• Accident Matrix - Jed Williamson (pdf)
• Wilderness Accessibility: Right to Risk (opening address) - Janet Zeller (pdf)

Staff Hiring and Training Practices

• Leading Beyond Invincibility, Group-Think, and Other Catastrophic Attitudes - Dr. Lester Zook
• Developing Judgment and Decision Making in our Staff Presentation - Tod Schimelpfenig and Liz Tuohy
• Training Your Staff to be Risk Managers Presentation Slides - Liz Tuohy (pdf)
• Training Your Staff to be Risk Managers Handout - Liz Tuohy (pdf)
• Urband Program Risk Management Powerpoint- Rebecca Bear and Nancy Oswald (ppt 2.6 MB)
• Designing and Managing an Effective Staff Training Presentiation Slides - Gretchen Ostherr and Josh Cole (pdf)

Field Practices

• Review of Accident - Kathy Capps (pdf)
• Site Management Theory - Kathy Capps (ppt)
• Tips for Paddlesports Staff - Chris Stec (pdf)
• Best Practices for Paddlesports Programs - An American Canoe Association Brochure (pdf)
• Programming the Solo handout - Andrew Bobilya (pdf)
• Student Final Expedition Considerationshandout - Andrew Bobilya (pdf)
• Where Are the Instructors?: Benefits of Unaccompanied Wilderness Program Components powerpoint presentation - Andrew Bobilya (ppt 8.2mb)

Wilderness Medicine

• Common Teen Psychological Problems encountered on Wilderness Expeditions. Recognition, Medical Options and Practical Application of Outward Bound Behavioral Techniques Presentation Slides - Dr. Lynn Yonge and Katie Cartier (pdf)
• Minimum Guidelines and Scope of Practice for Wilderness First Aid (WFA) [draft]

2008 WRMC Proceedings

2007 WRMC Proceedings

Program Management Section Introduction (pdf)

Legal Issues Section Introduction - Reb Gregg (pdf)

Incident Response and Management Section Introduction - Charley Shimanski (pdf)

WRMC Proceedings Archives

Ethical Issues and Risk Management

• Ethical Foundations of Wilderness Risk Management, 2001- Jasper Hunt (pdf)
• Ethically Tolerable Accidents, 1998 - Jasper Hunt (pdf)

• Case Study Valley Fever, 2004 - Merrill (pdf)
• Communication Technology at NOLS, 2003 - Leemon (pdf)
• Conducting Internal Incident Reviews, 2006 - Merrill (pdf)
• Managing Field Evacuations, 2006 - Satz, Merrill, McEvoy (pdf)
• SAR for Outdoor Leaders, 2005 - Shimanski (pdf)
• Supporting Victims and Families after an Incident, 2007 - Satz Gregg (pdf)
• The Wilderness Incident Investigative Interview, 2005 - Merrill, Wright (pdf)

International Risk Management

• International Risk Management, 2006 - Fredrick (pdf)
• Risk Management in Tropical America, 2006 - Carmago (pdf)
• The Objective Hazards of Culture: Risk Management in an International Setting, 2004- Ritchie (pdf)

Judgment and Decision-Making

• Danger of Substituting Rules for Judgment, 1996 - Hunt (pdf)
• Instructor Traps, 2006 - Ewert (pdf)
• Leadership, Teamwork, Communication, 2005 - Schimelpfenig (pdf)

Legal Issues

• A Legal Primer for Staff, 2006 - Gregg (pdf)
• Analyze, Manage, Inform, 2006 - Gregg (pdf)
• Deciding What Gear to Take, 2003 - Hansen-Stamp Gregg (pdf)
• Eliminating Duty, 2006 - Gregg (pdf)
• Fundamental legal, 2006 - Reb Gregg (pdf)
• Kayaks or Council, 2003 - Gregg (pdf)
• Managing Legal Liability, 2005 - Gregg (pdf)
• Managing the Other Risk Hansen, 2006 - Stampp Gregg (pdf)
• Marketing and Legal Issues, 2006 - Hansen-Stamp Gregg (pdf)
• Post Accident Conduct, Legal and Ethical Issues, 2003 - Hansen-Stamp Gregg (pdf)
• Potential Legal Liability for Sexual Activities and Assault, 2006 - Mock (pdf)
• Protection From Claims of Minors, 2006 - Gregg (pdf)
• Releases: Elements of an Agreement, 2005 - Hansen-Stamp Gregg (pdf)
• Releases: General Concepts, 2005 - Hansen-Stamp Gregg (pdf)
• Staffing Issues for Outdoor Programs, 2005 - Hansen - Stamp Gregg (pdf)
• The Lawyer's Role in Outdoor Programs, 2006 - Gregg (pdf)
• Trials and Tribulations Overview of the Litagation Process, 2004 - Mock (pdf)

Medical Issues

• CISD in the Outdoor Industry, 2004 - Ajango (pdf)
• CISD, Helpful or Harmful? 2005 - Schimelpfenig (pdf)
• Exceptions to Medical Sceening at NOLS, 2005 - Leemon (pdf)
• Legal Implications of Rx Medications, 2003 - Mock (pdf)
• Medical Screening Legal Aspects, 2002 - Hansen-Stamp Gregg (pdf)

Program Management

• Behavior Issues in the Field, 2005 - Gray (pdf)
• Clinical Incidents in Adventure Programs, 2005 - Gray (pdf)
• College Outdoor Programs and Risk management, 2006 -Bell (pdf)
• Culture and Risk, 2005 - Gray, Roberts (pdf)
• Culture as Cause, 2005 - Merrill (pdf)
• Ecological Approach to Internal Risk Management Audits, 2006 - Cline and Dallat (pdf)
• Evaluating Risk The HIRA Approach, 2006 - Cruchet (pdf)
• Incident Reporting, 2006 - Leemon (pdf)
• Managing Risk in Small Programs, 2003 - Barnes (pdf)
• Solo Hikers, 2005 - Gookin (pdf)
• Staff Supervision, 2006 - Jackson (pdf)
• Working with Minors, 2006 - Hammond (pdf)

Risk Management Theory

• Epics, Lies, Myths The Folklore of near Miss Incidents, 1999 - Haddock (pdf)
• Examing the Risk Paradox, 2003 - Cline (pdf)
• High Potential incidents, 1999 - Haddock (pdf)
• Risk Analysis and Adventure Education, 2005 - Cline (pdf)
• Understanding the Meaning of Risk, 2006 - Williamson (pdf)