Students get bloody during Wilderness First Aid

The low down

From November 19-21 students from SIT Tibetan Studies and Five14 participated in Wilderness First Aid. This 3-day course is designed to introduce students to the basics of wilderness medicine. They learned CPR and how to help choking victims. Then moved into scenarios learning to deal with back and head injuries, compound fractures and lacerations. The course utilizes hands on practice and scenarios to help students prepare for real emergencies. The scenarios were a blast!  The next one is schedule for March! Dates will be posted later.

"Victims of a yak stampede"

First Aider stabilizes patient

Participants learned a variety of splinting techniques

The importance of spinal care is emphasized

During the "chunckcheck" first aiders discover a lower leg injury

Participants use a sam splint as an improvised C-collar

All better after the splint is completed

Spine injured patient is tied into a litter for evacuation

During the WFA course I.O. staff member Chanit takes time to teach about outdoor ethics using the Leave No Trace model. Initiative Outdoor emphasizes the importance of minimizing human impact on all courses.  To learn more about LNT please contact us.

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