Advanced Wilderness Life Support Course

AWLS flyer

When: 6pm Dec. 18 - noon Dec 22, 2007
Where: Concordia Language Villages, Bemidji, MN
What: 17.5 hours of hands-on, practical wilderness medicine
(BYO bedding and towels and winter play gear)

Earn 17.5 CME credits.

Registration Rates:
Students & Residents $165.00
Doctorals $525.00
Non Doctorals $375.00
Lodging is an additional charge $150 for students, $225 for non-students.

Limit 75 (MD, RN, and PA doctoral/students or EMTs or Paramedics)

$165 Deposit due Nov. 15
Registration due by Nov. 15. Lodging due by Dec. 1

Mail registration form and check (made out to: Wilderness Health Society):

University of Minnesota Twin Cities
CHIP Student Center
1-425 Moos Tower
515 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Download registration form and schedule if interested.

Email Katie if interested.

Benefits of Certification

  • It provides a standard of training, which allows medical professionals to work efficiently together in treating patients in the wilderness.
  • All students that pass the exam will receive the AWLS certification.
  • The certification is valid for 4 years.

Schedule

  • Welcome: 6pm Tue. 12/18
  • Daily Schedule: 2-3 hours AM and 2-3 hours PM lecture/skills
  • Perks: lots of free time with expedition presentations and leadership training in evenings
  • Depart: noon Sat. 12/22

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 to manage medical and trauma emergencies and urgencies in the wilderness when evacuation is unavailable or unnecessary.
  • To teach techniques and guidelines for evacuation
  • To build leadership and teamwork skills

Practical Curriculum (~6 people/group outdoor setting)

  • Assessment and scene safety
  • C spine management
  • Dislocations, fractures, traction, and splints
  • Hypothermia wraps
  • Life support scenarios
  • Patient Packaging and Evacuation
  • Water Disinfection
  • Wound Management

Lectures

  • Infectious Disease
  • Lightning
  • Medical Kits
  • Medical Problems
  • Patient Assessment
  • Submersion Injuries
  • Water Disinfection and Purification
  • Wound and Musculoskeletal Injuries Management
  • Animal, Insect, Arthropod, Marine Bites and Stings
  • Avalanche
  • Head, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Skin
  • High Altitude Related Problems
  • Hyperthermia
  • Hypothermia & Frostbite