DAY 1:

REGISTRATION

Introduction: Medical Care in the Backcountry

Being Prepared: Pack to Act

Overview: Seven Steps in Responding:

"The flow of events".

Step 1: Taking Charge of THE SITUATION.

Subset: the Patient Assessment System (PAS)

Step 2: The Approach (Scene Survey)

-safety & hasty moves.

Step 3: Emergency Interventions

The Primary Survey

Awake

Airway

Breathing

Circulatory

Major Bleed

Pump Failure => CPR

Deficit and Disability: Head & Spine

Step 4: Protecting the Patient

Exposure: Environment and Examine

Step 5: Check for other Injuries:

-- the Secondary Survey:

Vital Signs

Patient History

Physical Exam (Head-to-Toe)

Documentation:

Written Report: the SOAP Note

Oral Report: the Bullet

Protection and Infection Control: universal precautions.

Wound Management Skills

Eye Injuries

Assessing Head Injuries

Assessing Neck and Spine Injuries:

Spinal precautions and essential moves.

Respiratory: Generic S/Sx and Treatments

Lightning

Chest Injuries: Respiratory challenges.

Abdominal Injuries

Extremity Injuries (fractures, dislocations and Sprains, improvising traction splint.)

Burns: thermal, and friction.

Cold - Hypothermia, Frostbite.

Heat- Exhaustion, Stroke, Cramps

Gastrointestinal: assessing and managing the Acute Abdomen:

North American Bites and Stings

Allergic Reactions: emergency interventions: epinephrine administration; Rabies

Dental Emergencies

Nosebleeds

Step 6: Plan what to do:

Priorities and Evacuation Alternatives.

Step 7: Conscious Execution of Your Plan.

First Aid Kits: putting your kit together.

Medical supplies shopping opportunity.