JACKSON, Wyo. — Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) and Backcountry Zero will be hosting a University of Utah professor and physician next week for a free educational event about how to assess medical emergencies in the wilderness.
Assessing Life Threats in a Wilderness Context will take place at the TSCAR headquarters at 300 South Batch Plant Road (previously Rescue Way), from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m, on Thursday, March 12. Dr. Scott McIntosh, director of the Wilderness Medicine fellowship at the University of Utah, will speak at the workshop that focuses on how to prepare for a backcountry medical emergency. According to the university, Dr. McIntosh is also a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine there, as well as an expedition physician and avid mountaineer.
“Come learn from University of Utah Wilderness Medicine Fellows about what it really means to be prepared for a backcountry medical emergency,” reads the event description.
The workshop will begin with doctors presenting new medical research, then breakout groups will get hands-on time with scenario-based training and patient management practice. No experience is necessary to attend, though participants with wilderness first responder training or outdoor emergency care certification will have the opportunity to work in a group with more advanced language and pacing.
Participants can expect to spend time on sizing up a scene, determining patient consciousness and moving through the “patient assessment triangle” to stop and fix life threats. The patient assessment includes checking a patient’s airways, breathing and circulation.
The course is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so interested parties are encouraged to register online for a free ticket in advance.
