Advanced Wilderness Life Support(AWLS) Course 2014

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
• Prevent, diagnose, and manage illnesses and injuries in a mountain environment.
• Demonstrate increased knowledge and skill in treating high altitude illness, hypothermia and cold injuries, and wound management.
• Understand avalanche rescue and evacuation of injured persons.
Morning plenary sessions will cover all the essential winter wilderness topics, like avalanche rescue, hypothermia, air medical rescue, frostbite and recent advances in altitude illness, and much more.
In the afternoons you can choose from indoor and outdoor small group sessions and optional hands-on workshops that will cover such diverse topics as Wilderness Dentistry, Search Dogs and Ultrasound in the Wilderness.
Or, you may choose to take some time off to ski, snowboard or visit the charming town of Park City just minutes away. This flexible schedule allows you to have plenty of time for education, recreation and relaxation.