Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) Course - New York

Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) Course is organized by Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) and will be held from Sep 07 - 10, 2019 at Camp Little Notch - Adirondack State Park, Fort Ann, New York, United States of America. 

The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

Course Description:
“Learn the skills to prevent medical problems; reduce suffering and save lives in non-traditional medical settings

• 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
• Taught by leading experts
• Obtain up to 20.5 hours of category 1 CME

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
• 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
• Legal concerns 
• Musculoskeletal injuries
• Dive Medicine

Registration Information:
To reserve your place in the AWLS Adirondack Park course you will pay a deposit of $500 for each traveler. ($250 non-reimbursable registration fee)

**SAVE $200 if you sign-up by April 1st (see website for discount code)