Teaching wilderness emergency care

Donelan, Steve

doi:10.1580/1080-6032(1999)010[0040:twec]2.3.co;2

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“…There are different opinions concerning the didactic strategy needed for FA courses for the wilderness. First of all, students need to be taught awareness of a known problem, and they must be offered a solution, and an explanation of the solution [ 44 , 45 ]. Time limitations force a choice between stressing the principles and practicing first aid.…”

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Companion Rescue and Risk Management of Trekkers on the Everest Trek, Solo Khumbu Region, Nepal

Cerfontaine

Apel

Bertsch³

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Background: Trekking to high-altitude locations presents inherent health-related hazards, many of which can managed with specific first aid (FA) training. This study evaluates the trip preparation, FA knowledge, and FA self-assessment of trekkers (organized by tour operators vs. individually planned tours). Data obtained shall be used for specific FA trip preparation and management of emergencies en route for this population. Methods: A total of 366 trekkers on the Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal, were interviewed using a questionnaire specifically designed to evaluate their FA knowledge and management of emergencies. Data evaluation was performed using descriptive statistics. Results: A total of 40.5% of trekkers experienced at least one medical incident during their trip, of which almost 50% were due to acute mountain sickness (AMS). There was more AMS in commercially organized groups than in individually planned ones (55% vs. 40%). For more than 50%, no medical care was available during their trip. A total of 80% could answer only 3/21 FA questions completely correctly. Only 1% showed adequate knowledge concerning FA strategies. A total of 70% were willing to enroll in an FA class specialized towards the needs of trekkers. Conclusions: The importance of high-altitude FA knowledge and trip preparation is widely underestimated. There is an unmet demand amongst trekkers for specific wilderness FA classes.

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Companion Rescue and Risk Management of Trekkers on the Everest Trek, Solo Khumbu Region, Nepal

Cerfontaine

Apel

Bertsch³

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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“…14 Skill acquisition, application of knowledge, and performance (''shows how'' and ''does'') are considered extremely important in this context. 15 Although the travel medicine clinic provides a suitable environment for learning and assessment of the travel medicine components, it was decided that a specially designed 8-day field trip would be the most appropriate way to teach practical skills.…”

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Development of the Special Skills Post in Expedition Medicine for General Practice Registrars in Australia

Albert

Cooling

Tooth³

et al. 2008

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

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Wilderness, mountain, and expedition medicine training for physicians is now well developed in North America and Europe. This paper describes the development and content of the first such program in Australia. The Special Skills Post in Expedition Medicine is a 6-month post, developed by General Practice Training Tasmania, that is integrated into general practice training and combines clinical placements in travel medicine, general practice, emergency medicine, a self-guided workbook covering core and elective topics, and an 8-day field trip.

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“…[4][5][6][7] The course is updated yearly on the basis of new advances or trends in the literature. [8][9][10][11][12] Wilderness medicine faculty members are responsible for updating the sections that they teach, with a core directorship of 5 faculty members who determine necessary global changes for didactic sessions, field trips, syllabi, scenarios, tutorials, test examinations, and the inclusion or deletion of materials. These decisions are based on updates to the literature, comments and evaluation forms from the students, and course grades.…”

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Development of a Wilderness and Travel Medicine Rotation in an Academic Setting

Macias

Rogers²,

Alcock³

2004

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

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Wilderness medicine courses tend to teach similar topics, but they can differ with respect to philosophy, teaching methods, and financing. Our not-for-profit course is academically based and is similar to other programs with regard to presentations of didactic material and outdoor training, but there are also important differences in teaching methodology that are not used by other programs to date. Innovative methods, such as problem-based learning and use of the human patient simulator, which are unique to our program, have been successful in our courses and may be of use to wilderness medical education. We hope that sharing information about our program will help make wilderness medicine training more standardized and uniform.

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Teaching wilderness emergency care

Cited by 10 publications

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Companion Rescue and Risk Management of Trekkers on the Everest Trek, Solo Khumbu Region, Nepal

Companion Rescue and Risk Management of Trekkers on the Everest Trek, Solo Khumbu Region, Nepal

Development of the Special Skills Post in Expedition Medicine for General Practice Registrars in Australia

Development of a Wilderness and Travel Medicine Rotation in an Academic Setting

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