2012 WRMC Proceedings

Articles of Interest

• WRMC 2012 Attendee List (pdf)
• WRMC 2012 Action Steps (pdf)

• Tom Hornbein's Keynote Address ( video link)

Pre-conference

• Parent Phone Call Lab (pdf) - Katie Baum Mettenbrink
• And the Winner is...(?) Hot Issues, Hot Cases (pdf) - Catherine Hansen-Stamp, Reb Gregg

Legal/ Insurance

• Choose Words Carefully...What You Say Matters (pdf) - Wilma J. Gray
• Setting the Table-Fundamental Legal Issues (pdf) - Catherine Hansen-Stamp
• Essential Eligibility Criteria-A Risk Management Tool (pdf) - Janet Zeller, Catherine Hansen-Stamp
• New Developments in Participant Agreements (pdf) - Reb Gregg ( video link)
• Should I Call My Lawyer? Responding to the Angry, Demanding Client (pdf) - Frances Mock
• Top 10 General Dos and Don'ts to Avoid Liabilities (pdf) - Tracey Knutson
• Mock Trial Jury Focus Group (pdf) - Wilma J. Gray, Tracey Knutson, Michael Curry
• Essential Eligibility Criteria-A Risk Management Tool (pdf) - Janet Zeller, Catherine Hansen-Stamp

Program Administration

• Advocating for Risk in a Risk Averse World (pdf) - Christopher Barnes ( video link)
• Health, Safety, and Security Abroad-A Strategic Approach (pdf) - Bill Frederick ( video link)
• Learning from Our Mistakes-Assessing Risk through Data Analysis (pdf) - Kurt Simer, Mark Bixby
• Successful Risk Management Committees (pdf) - Aram Attarian
• Unique Risk Management Issues in Serving Veterans and Military Families in the Outdoors (pdf) - Stacy Bare, Kevin Heiner, Jay Satz
• Medical Oversight for Wilderness Activities (pdf) - Seth Hawkins
• Two Silos and a Crosswalk (pdf) - Reb Gregg, Cathy Hansen-Stamp ( video link)
• Managing Risk with Volunteer Leaders (pdf) - Alex Kosseff, Melanie MacInnis

Field Practices

• Wilderness Medicine-Current Topics (pdf) - Tod Schimelpfenig
• Systems Analysis of Led Outdoor Activity Accidents-Development of a New Accident and Injury Data System (pdf) - Paul Salmon
• The Risk Management of Teaching and Practicing Advanced Climbing Skills with Students (pdf) - Anna Haegel
• Practices for Traveling in Bear Habitat (pdf) - Katie Baum Mettenbrink ( video link)
• Do You Know WhatYour Staff Doesn't Know? Cultural Competence and Risk Management (pdf) - Robin Chiles, Jenni Conrad
• Do You Know What Your Staff Doesn't Know? Cultural Competence and Risk Management ADDENDA (pdf) - Robin Chiles, Jenni Conrad
• The First 72 Hours-Creating a Culture of Risk Awareness (pdf) - Susie Caldwell Rinehart, Chris Yager
• Accidents in Outdoor Pursuits-Assessment and Prevention Approaches (pdf) - Jed Williamson, Aram Attarian

Staff Training and Decision-Making

• Real People Making Real Decisions (pdf) - Tod Schimelpfenig, Brendan Madden
• Analysis of an Accident on a Staff Outing (pdf) - Phil Powers
• The Phone Interview-Evaluating Candidates from a Distance (pdf) - Gates Richards
• Three Plug and Play Staff Training Activities (pdf) - Shana Tarter
• Quantifying the Risk of Adventure (pdf) - Ross Cloutier
• Accelerated Training-Using Systems to Get Staff Quickly Up to Speed (pdf) - Jeff Jackson ( video link)
• Analyze, Manage, and Inform-A Useful Decision Making Tool from the Office to the Field (pdf) - Dave Yacubian
• Assessing Incident Data for Targeted Training: The Importance for the Near Miss (web link) - Josh Cole, Steve Smith ( video link)

Emergency Planning and Crisis Response

• Crisis Management-A Preplan in Action (pdf) - Drew Leemon
• Field Emergency Decision-Making (pdf) - Deb Ajango
• Who Gets to Know What? Writing and Sharing Your Investigation Report (pdf) - Frances Mock, Drew Leemon
• Intellectual Risk-The Risk of New and Different Ideas (pdf) - Jason Luthy ( video link)
• Risk Management-The Traumatic Aftermath (pdf) - Will Marling
• Risk Management-The Traumatic Aftermath ADDENDUM (pdf) - Will Marling
• Shades of Gray-The Complications of Managing Incidents Overseas-Gennifre Hartman, Jennifer Royall, Leah Knickerbocker
• Shades of Gray ACTION STEPS(pdf) - Gennifre Hartman, Jennifer Royall, Leah Knickerbocker
• Worst Case Scenario-An Expedition Leader's Response to a Fatality (pdf) - Jerry Isaak

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2011 WRMC Proceedings

Articles of Interest

• Opening Remarks - Promoting Risk for its Reward (pdf)- Christopher Barnes

Legal/ Insurance

• Choose Words Carefully...What You Say Matters! - Wilma Gray
• Essential Elgibility Criteria: A Risk Management Tool Presentation (pdf) - Janet Zeller and Catherine Hansen-Stamp
• Essential Elgibility Criteria: A Risk Management Tool Handout (pdf) - Janet Zeller and Catherine Hansen-Stamp
• Industry Standards- Understanding Them to Avoid Liability Exposures Presentation (pdf) - Tracey Knutson
• Managing Risk with Volunteer Leaders Presentation (pdf) - Aaron Gorban, Alex Kossef, Sasha Paris, Tony Clap, Kathy Hansen-Stamp,
• Understanding Your Legal Duty of Care Presentation (pdf) - Reb Gregg
• Use of Participant Agreements- Releases and Related Issues Presentation (pdf) - Catherine Hansen-Stamp
• What the Courts Want Us to Know Presentation (pdf) - Reb Gregg and Cathrine Hansen-Stamp

Program Management and Administration

• Analyze, Manage, Inform: A Guiding Principle for Organizations and a Useful Tool for Program Staff Presentation (pdf)- Dave Yacubian
• Outdoor Adventure Risk Management, Millennials and the Car Camping Generation Presentation(pdf) - Gilles Valade
• Small Program Risk Management Presentation (pdf) - Christopher Barnes
• The Rekkie: Solid Site Visits Support Safety and Success in International Programming Pre-Planning Worksheet (pdf) - Anne Ogilvie and Lloyd Figgins
• The Rekkie: Solid Site Visits Support Safety and Success in International Programming Pre-Fielding Checklist (pdf) - Anne Ogilvie and Lloyd Figgins

Field Practices

• Accidents in Outdoor Pursuits– Their Causes and Cures, Handout (pdf)- Jed Williamson
• Accidents in Outdoor Pursuits Their Causes and Cures-accident matrix (pdf) - Jed Williamson
• Accidents in Outdoor Pursuits– Their Causes and Cures, Understanding Risk Handout (pdf)- Jed Williamson
• Accidents in Outdoor Pursuits, Their Causes and Cures, Presentation (pdf)- Jed Williamson
• Institutional & Personal Risk Tolerance: Mitigating the Differences Presentation (pdf) -Mark Vermeal and Christopher Barnes
• Outdoor Lightning Risk Management Presentation (pdf) - John Gookin
• River Rescue Awareness 101 Presentation (pdf) - Nate Ostis

Staff Training and Decision-Making

• Designing an Effective Staff Training: A Systems Approach Presentation (pdf) -Kathleen Pelto
• Designing an Effective Staff Training: A Systems Approach Program Assessment (pdf) -Kathleen Pelto
• Is Risk Management in Your Job Description? Presentation (pdf)- Shana Tarter
• Judgement and Decision Making - Comments on the Levels of Expertise Model (pdf) - Tod Schimelpfenig and Gates Richards
• Judgement and Decision Making - Presentation (pdf) - Tod Schimelpfenig and Gates Richards
• Leading Beyond Invincibility, Group-Think, and Other Catastrophic Attitudes Handout (pdf) - Lester Zook
• National Park Service's Operational Leadership Program Presentation Part A (pdf) - Mark Herberger and Jay Satz
• National Park Service's Operational Leadership Program Presentation Part B (pdf) - Mark Herberger and Jay Satz
• The Phone Interview: Evaluating Candidates from a Distance Presentation (pdf) - Gates Richards
• Psychological Screening for Outdoor Programs Common Questions (pdf)- Amberleigh Hammond and Billy Roos
• Psychological Screening for Outdoor Programs Presentation (pdf)- Amberleigh Hammond and Billy Roos
• When Judgement Fails: Intuition, Bias, and Experience in Field Decision Making Presentation (pdf)- Brendan Madden
• When Judgement Fails: Intuition, Bias, and Experience in Field Decision Making Handout (pdf)- Brendan Madden

Emergency Planning and Crisis Response

• A Case Study in Systems Failure: NZ’s Mangatepopo Tragedy Presentation (pdf)- Jeff Jackson
• Crisis Communication in the Facebook Age: Will They “Like” You? Presentation (pdf) -Bruce Palmer
• Risk Management: The Traumatic Aftermath Presentation (pdf) - Will Marling
• Surprises and Lessons from MajorIncidents Presentation (pdf) - Frances Mock, Lewis Glenn, Steve Neal, and Michael Lindsey
• Urban Program Risk Management Presentation (pdf) - Matt Osgood, Leigh Jackson-Magennis, Nancy Oswald, Vanessa Mendillo
• Urban Program Risk Management Handout (pdf) - Matt Osgood, Leigh Jackson-Magennis, Nancy Oswald, Vanessa Mendillo

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2010 WRMC Proceedings

All-Conference Action Steps

• 2010 WRMC Action Steps (pdf)

Recent Articles of Interest

• Lessons We Share with British Petroleum and Wall Street - Reb Gregg (pdf)
• Climber 9-1-1: Should mobile communication devices be mandatory? - Rad Roberts
• Alright, I'll Say It - Bryan E. Bledsoe
• Draft-Minimum Guidelines and Scope of Practice for Wilderness Fist Aid (WFA) (pdf)
• Draft - Minimum Guidelines and Scope of Practice for Wilderness First Responder (WFR) (pdf)

Legal/ Insurance

• The Changing Landscape: Insurance 101 - Rick Braschler (pdf)
• State Laws Pertaining to Parents releasing Minors- Claims - Reb Gregg (pdf)
• Haubner & Miller vs. Abercombie & Kent: Case Study of an Ongoing Lawsuit - Ross Cloutier (pdf)
• Fundamental Legal Issues (pdf) - Catherine Hansen-Stamp

Program Management and Administration

• Internal and External Review - Jed Williamson and Jay A. Satz (pdf of powerpoint)
• Conducting Internal Incident Reviews - Kurt A. Merrill and Kris Wright (pdf)
• Managing Risk from Behind the Desk: A Systems-Based Approach: Handout- Josh Cole, Mitsu Iwasaki, and Steve Smith (pdf)
• Essential Eligibility Criteria-A Risk Management Tool (pdf) - Janet Zeller, Catherine Hansen-Stamp

Field Practices

• Behavioral risk Management: Preventing Critical Incidents in the Field - Sky Gray and Kevin Moeller (pdf)
• Behavior Risk Management Model - Sky Gray and Kevin Moeller (pdf)
• Understanding and Managing Negative Adolescent Behavior in the Wilderness Setting - Doug Mahon (pdf)
• Backcountry Lightning "Safety"? - John Gookin (pdf)
• Betting the Farm: Risk Propensity and Field Applications - Alan Ewert and Jay Whitacre (pdf)
• Betting the Farm: Risk Propensity and Field Applications: Activity - Alan Ewert and Jay Whitacre (pdf)
• Betting the Farm: Risk Propensity and Field Applications: References - Alan Ewert and Jay Whitacre (pdf)

Staff Training and Decision-Making

• Ambushed by myself: growing beyond several unexpected leadership pitfalls - Lester Zook (pdf)
• Risk Management Lessons from the Aviation Industry - Clark Glenn (pdf of powerpoint)
• The Phone Interview: Evaluating Candidates from a Distance - Gates Richards (pdf)
• When Judgment Fails Presentation - Brendan Madden (pdf)
• When Judgment Fails Scenario - Brendan Madden (pdf)

Emergency Planning and Crisis Response

• Beyond Operator Error: Using systems to analyse events - Jeff Jackson (pdf of powerpoint)
• Risk Management: The Traumatic Aftermath - Will Marling (pps)
• Crisis Management: A preplan in Action: Outline and Schematic - Drew Leemon (pdf)

Charles Reb Gregg Award

• Encomium for Tod - Jed Williamson
• Reb Gregg Award 2010 Press Release
• Tod's Remarks on Receiving the Charles Reb Gregg Award - Tod Schimelpfenig

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2009 WRMC Proceedings

Pre-conference

• Emerging Legal Issues for Adventure Programs (pdf) - Catherine Hansen-Stamp, Reb Gregg
• What You Say and Write Down-Practical Value and Legal Impact (pdf) - Catherine Hansen-Stamp, Reb Gregg

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)
• Risk Management Issues in the Digital Age (pdf) - Catherine Hansen-Stamp
• Use of Participant Agreements-Releases, Acknowledgment of Risks and Releated Issues (pdf) - Catherine Hansen-Stamp

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

• Minimum Guidelines and Scope of Practice for Wilderness First Aid (WFA) [draft]

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2008 WRMC Proceedings

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2007 WRMC Proceedings

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WRMC Proceedings Archives

• 2006 WRMC Take Home Action Steps from Killington, VT (pdf)

Ethical Issues and Risk Management

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

Incident Response and Crisis Management

• 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)
• Emerging Legal Issues, Part 1, 2006 - Reb Gregg, Catherine Hansen-Stamp (pdf)
• Emerging Legal Issues, Part 2, 2006 - Reb Gregg, Catherine Hansen-Stamp
• Legal Issues Part 2, 2006 - Catherine Hansen-Stamp (pdf)
• Legal Issues Handout, 2006 - Catherine Hansen-Stamp (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)

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