OVERVIEW

Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) Course is organized by Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) and would be held during Mar 3 - 5, 2017 at Comfort Suites Summit County, Dillon, Colorado, United States of America. This CME Conference has been approved with a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

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 trauma emergencies and urgencies in the wilderness when evacuation is unavailable or unnecessary

Topics to be covered during this conference are :
• 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
• Musculoskeletal injuries, Dive Medicine