Wilderness Medicine & Survival CME Skills Course & Whitewater Rafting Adventure (Jun 06 - 11, 2027)

Wilderness Medicine & Survival CME Skills Course & Whitewater Rafting Adventure is organized by Wilderness Medicine and will be held from Jun 06 - 11, 2027 at Paradise Point, Happy Camp, California, United States of America.

Wilderness & Expedition Medicine Skills Include:

• Hypothermia, frostbite, heat illness, and altitude illness
• Field management of wounds, fractures, dislocations, and sprains including reduction and improvised splinting techniques
• Snake envenomations, wilderness ENT problems
• Backcountry evacuation, helicopter rescue, improvised carries, packaging, and litters
• Lightning, OB/GYN in the wilderness, waterborne illness/disinfection
• Patient assessment in an austere/wilderness setting
• Preparing a medical kit for travel, adventures, and expeditions

Wilderness Survival & Travel Skills Include:

• Fire starting, shelter building, signaling, attaining water
• Ropes & knots for survival and rescue
• Orienteering (map/compass, GPS, etc.) and navigation
• Blister prevention and treatment
• Whitewater rafting skills and cold-water immersion
• Flood and swift-water crossing techniques
• Wilderness rescue, communications, emergencies in airplanes
• Basic mountaineering, ice axe, and snow travel skills (optional, taught by SWS Mountain Guides)

Course Content Includes:

• Altitude Illness
• Hypothermia
• Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries
• Environmental Heat Illness
• Traveler's Diarrhea, Giardia & Other Waterborne Wilderness Infections
• Surviving the Unexpected Night Out
• Lightning Injuries
• Improvised Medical and Trauma Care
• Management of Fractures and Dislocations
• Preparing for Foreign Travel
• Backcountry Medical Kits
• Wilderness Wound Management
• Patient Assessment in Wilderness Settings
• Wilderness Dermatology
• Marine Hazards & Envenomations
• Snake Envenomation