CLASS: Below is the course I'm teaching this semester. The course has a link to a syllabus which you can download. I may be adding more downloads as the course progresses.

D.O.T. and Wilderness First Responder

Pre-hospital medical care in America is changing. An increasing number of people are traveling greater distances away from pre-hospital paramedic services and definitive hospital care. Additionally, there is increasing risk that large populations centers will be subjected to a major incident leaving many people sick or injured and the local EMS resources overwhelmed. This is placing a greater need on public land agency personnel, guides, camp counselors, and other outdoor employees and enthusiasts to have greater knowledge and experience base to prevent and treat a wide array of medical illnesses and traumatic injuries in geographically isolated areas or where EMS services are limited or nonexistent.  

Classroom Meetings: Mondays & Wednesdays, February 2 - March 25 from 5:45-9:45 p.m. in AAS-37

Required Field Trips: February 27-March 1 & March 20-22.

REQUIRED READING:

First Responder;8th edition. Bergeron. Brady Pub. ISBN:978-0136140597

NOLS Wilderness Medicine. Schimelphenig. Stackpole Press, ISBN: 978-0811733069

RECOMMENDED READING:

First Responder Workbook; 8th edition. Bergeron. Brady

Brady Pocket Reference for the EMT-B and First Responder, 2nd edition; Elling. Brady pub. ISBN:0130981672.

Field Guide of Wilderness & Rescue Medicine, 4th ed., Morrissey. Wilderness Medical Associates. 2009. ISBN: 978-0970464675

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