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Wilderness Medicine Education

SAR for Medical Students

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SAR for MEDICAL STUDENTS

 

2022 Dates: April 18 - 30, 2022

2023 Date: April 17 - 29, 2023

The opening lecture will be held Monday April 18th, 2022 The practical sessions will be taught outdoors during the regular course time. We will follow the state of Utah guidelines for pandemic precautions.


 
Teaching Schedule
 

To become certified in Search and Rescue medicine, you must complete the course and pass the certification examination. The certification exam will be given online at www.wildmedu.org. Other study material are there also.

Methods of searching and rescuing people will be taught.  This will be taught in and around the mountains of Salt Lake City over the next two weeks.  There will be approximately 10 sessions in the classroom and out of the classroom.  This will be limited to 40 students. More details of this experiencs will be outlined later and an email sent to you if you have signed up for this to tell you exactly where and when.  You should plan on being in Salt Lake City that Monday.  The rest of the schedule will be outlined at that meeting.

We're looking forward to meeting you all and having a fun time in the mountains.  Locations are still being finalized, but we will coordinate meeting places with you as the course approaches.  We will meet in the afternoons, and you will have mornings free for practice and exploration.  On the first day we will meet in the lobby of HSEB, and we'll get you more details about that soon.  We are hoping that we'll be able to spend one half of our time outside, and avoid PowerPoint as much as possible.  All activities will be in Salt Lake and the mountains east of the Salt Lake valley, so don't worry about having to travel too far.  If you are from out of state, you will have time to explore some of Utah's national parks (Arches, Zion, etc.).  What you do with that free time is completely up to you.  Just be safe! 

Course Objectives

  • Describe the role of medical professionals on Search and Rescue teams

  • Safely and comfortably package an injured patient for transport

  • Build basic rope rescue systems

  • Describe the basic behaviors of lost people and design a search pattern to find them

  • Evaluate the risks and benefits of using a helicopter in rescue situations

  • Design and follow a basic Incident Command System response to a rescue

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Richard Ingebretsen MD, PhD
richard.ingebretsen@m.cc.utah.edu

 

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