Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) Course (Mar 22 - 26, 2016)

Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) Course (Mar 22 - 26, 2016) is organized by Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) and would be held during Mar 22 - 26, 2016 at Cleburne State Park, Cleburne, Texas, United States of America. The targeted audience for this medical meeting basically for Physicians.

Learn the skills to prevent medical problems ;reduce suffering and save lives innon-traditionalmedicalsettings.

> Earn your Advanced Wilderness Life Support certification
> Learn the latest practical hands - on wilderness medicine skills for patient assessment, treatment and evacuation protocols
> Practice your skills in live scenarios with our expert instructors
> Obtain over 20.5 hours of category 1 CME
> Receive Wilderness Medical Society Fellowship credits
> Learn survival skills in the supplementary skills lectures

COURSE OBJECTIVES :
To provide a practical foundation in Wilderness Medicine for medical professionals
To teach patient assessment and treatment guidelines for life support until definitive care or evacuation is available
To train the provider in methods for managing medical and traumatic emergencies and urgencies in the wilderness when evacuation is unavailable or unnecessary.
To teach techniques and guidelines for evacuation.
TOPICS INCLUDE :
Patient assessment
Wound management
Trauma
Water treatment
Medical problems
Hyperthermia, hypothermia, frostbite
Infectious disease
Medical kits
Head, Ear, Eye, Nose, Throat, Skin Lightning
Animal & insect bites
HAPE/HACE