Course Descriptions
Thursday - Pre-Conference Workshops
Friday - Workshops
Friday - Presentations
Saturday - Featured Presentations
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Thursday – Pre-Conference Workshops - 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Managing Hypothermia and Frostbite (limit 18)
Lance Taysom, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, WEMT
The dilemma of caring for the cold patient with frostbite injuries when rescue and transport is delayed – Do we just try to stop further heat loss, or can we actually warm someone up? As we work to warm the patient, do we also try to thaw the frostbite injury and take the chance of re-freezing, or do we leave the injury frozen and risk the chance of making the injury worse? A hands-on format focusing on decision making and skills for field re-warming of cold patients with frostbite injured extremities.
Participants will work in teams as they are presented with the challenge to care for a live, cold person. In the scenario, the team will assess the patient, remove wet clothing and replace with dry, set up a shelter and build a hypothermia wrap. The team will use mountaineering stoves to make hot water bottles and fill an improvised container making a hot water bath to simulate thawing a frostbitten extremity. Lastly, the team will bandage the injury and prepare the pt for transport. Participants need to come prepared with personal clothing to be outside in any weather for at least 1½ hours. All other rescue equipment will be provided. Participation in the scenario as part of a rescue team is based on a FIRST TO SHOW UP IS FIRST CHOSEN basis. Registered participants arriving late may not be placed on a rescue team but will still be allowed to observe.
Gondola Rescue Demonstrations
Sun Valley Ski Patrol – Mike Lloyd, Director
Weather, equipment malfunctions, an individual illness can all create situations where evacuation of the gondola becomes critical. Come see the special equipment and techniques used to assist people out of the air. Transportation will be provided from the Sun Valley Inn and Conference Center entrance to the River Run parking lot at 1:45, 2:00, 2:45, 3:00 and 3:15 pm.
Landing Zone Safety
Mike Weimer - LifeFlight Network
Helicopters play a critical role in mountain rescues and medical transport. Instruction in how to assist with safe landings, patient transfers and take-offs. Certification certificates provided.
Small Mountains, Big Weather: Mountain Rescue in Scotland
Chris Stirrup, ENP & Simon Steer
Chris Stirrup and Simon Steer are active members of two Mountain Rescue Teams in Scotland which cover the two highest ranges in their country. Their presentation will cover something of the geography; climate and character of the mountains of Scotland, which are known to make up for in attitude, what they lack in altitude (the same has been said of Stirrup and Steer!). The presentation will explain something of the history of their teams, the nature of Scottish Mountain Rescue (which consists principally of volunteers) and the way that teams operate; before describing some of the equipment and assets that they use. Between them, Chris and Simon will use examples from the hundreds of rescues that they have each been involved in, to describe the way in which they locate, care for and extricate people from the highest arctic plateau and biggest winter crags in their country.
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Friday – Workshops
Creative Splinting For The Backcountry (limit 24)
Steve Hill ASCP, EMT-A, Cami Taysom RN, CEN, CPEN
Take your splinting skills to a new level. Bring your Search & Rescue/Skiing/Hiking/Climbing/Horse riding/Mountain biking pack with the gear you usually carry and let’s see what we can build. Learn the principles of a great splint and apply them using gear you have in the backcountry.
Improvised Femur Traction Splinting (limit 24)
Steve Hill ASCP, EMT-A, Cami Taysom RN, CEN, CPEN
When it comes to backcountry management, there is no fracture more challenging than a femur. None of us carry a traction splint in our pack, yet when faced with the situation - any of us could need to know how to make one and it will have to work. Come hone your skills by adding improvised traction splinting to your tool box of pre-hospital, backcountry tricks. All materials provided or bring your own.
Ten Essential Survival Systems (limit 16)
Lance Taysom, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, WEMT
Do you spend your personal or professional time in the outdoors? Do you ski patrol the out-of-bounds? Are you part of a Search and Rescue Hasty Team? Do you have, or wish you had, a bomber backcountry first aid & survival kit? Come participate in a lively presentation on Ten Essential Skill and Equipment Systems for Survival. Finish the class by building your own fire using a bomb-proof system that does not involve matches.
Wild Wilderness Wounds (limit 16)
Lance Taysom, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, WEMT
Dealing with a wound is probably the most common reason you open your first aid kit. In this presentation you will participate in a lively, hands-on wound management workshop. Practice evaluating different types of skin wounds (learning to decide if the wound requires sutures or other professional interventions) bleeding control (using tourniquets), cleaning, closing, and bandaging simulated wounds (including using steri-strips to close the wound). All materials provided.
Dislocation Management (limit 16)
Benjamin Cornett, MD – Idaho Emergency Physicians
Hands on instruction in techniques for managing dislocations in the field.
Avalanche Survival & Rescue (limit 16)
Mountain Education & Development LLC
Unfortunately, even with all of our new technology and advances in understanding the avalanche phenomenon, people continue to get caught and buried in avalanches. The likelihood of surviving an avalanche burial and the final outcome of the subsequent rescue are largely a function of time. Successful avalanche rescue requires a rapid response, preparedness, planning and good communication.
Litters & Evacuations (limit 8)
Mountain Education & Development LLC
Learn to distinguish primary components and patient-specific features of initial assessments that will aid you in transferring your patient from a compromising situation safely and effectively, with or without the appropriate tools needed.
Vertical Self- Rescue (limit 10)
Idaho Army National Guard & Mountain Education & Development
Beginner and advanced sessions …..
The Baby’s Coming, NOW! - OB & Neonate Trauma (limit 8)
Renee Bobrowski, MD & the Saint Alphonsus Family & Maternity Team
Trauma care of the pregnant patient in simulated form. Includes initial evaluation and resuscitation techniques for the traumatically injured pregnant patient and child.
Blunt Horse Trauma - Permissive Hypotension in the Field (limit 8)
Idaho State University, Institute of Emergency Management & Life Flight Network LLC
A 20 year old cowboy is riding his horse on a rocky trail with a steep drop off. His horse falls and rolls on top of the cowboy. The saddle horn jabs into his left side. He is found lying on his side moaning with severe abdominal pain. He is pale, diaphoretic with weak thready pulses. No horsing around, how much fluid do you give this poor cowboy? As you simulate the treatment of abdominal trauma, discussion will center on the latest research and treatment of hypotension from blunt trauma.
It’s 10:00! Do You Know Where Your Airway Is? - Basic Airway Management (limit 8)
Idaho State University, Institute of Emergency Management & Life Flight Network LLC
It’s been a long shift and you have just settled down for a restful evening at the station. Then the tones/alarms go off for a trauma call. After arriving on scene, assessing and the treating the patient you begin transporting the patient. That’s when it happens….they have lost their airway! Will you be able to find it? Establish and maintain a new one? With the help of simulation and learning skilled techniques, the participants will be able to hone in on their airway skills and rest easy once again.
Thoracic Park - Field Management of Cardiac Contusions (limit 8)
Idaho State University, Institute of Emergency Management & Life Flight Network LLC
You have just experienced a chest trauma, and you now have the sensation that you have been on an amusement park thrill ride. Your heart is racing and pounding in your chest. Your breathing is rapid and shallow and it is also painful. You are also somewhat dizzy, nauseated and complaining of back pain. Using appropriate history taking and assessment skills, along with the use of hands on simulation, the practitioner will be able to diagnose, treat and stabilize this mysterious condition.
Ouch, My Leg Hurts & I Can’t Get Up! - Lower Extremity Injuries with Compartment Syndrome (limit 8)
Idaho State University, Institute of Emergency Management & Life Flight Network LLC
Direct heat damage and constricting pressure to extremities can impede circulation, causing circumferential burns and edema. Using simulation the responder will use hands on application to care for a patient using standard EMS protocols with a lower extremity injury identifying signs and symptoms of compartment syndrome.
Not so Super-Pipe - Penetrating Trauma and the Teen Patient (limit 8)
Idaho State University, Institute of Emergency Management & Life Flight Network LLC
Are you prepared to care for a famous skier who is depending on you to continue her promising career? This scenario will include the assessment care and packaging of a complicated penetrating injury.
Just Riding My Bike Dad - Blunt Force Trauma and Children (limit 8)
Idaho State University, Institute of Emergency Management & Life Flight Network LLC
There will be a number of medical maladies to consider in this scenario. Our 10 year old was just out for a ride. Bring your A-game for rapid decision and potential lifesaving interventions.
Me Bloody Broken Egg! - Head and Facial Trauma (limit 8)
Idaho State University, Institute of Emergency Management & Life Flight Network LLC
Normal anatomy can become distorted when facial trauma occurs including mild respiratory compromise. Using simulation the responder will use current evidence based protocols to care for the rapidly deteriorating maxillofacial trauma victim.
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Friday - Presentations
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
It’s A Dry Cold: Accidental Hypothermia
Gordon Giesbrecht, PhD
While hypothermia is rarely intentional (unless you’re Gordon Giesbrecht!), accidental hypothermia can result from a variety of circumstances. Body cooling results in a decrease in tissue metabolism and inhibition of neural control and transmission. Learn the different effects of cold exposure and how to diagnose and treat hypothermia.
Trauma Care Myths & Legends
Bill Morgan, MD
Rural Trauma Care
Jay Blacksher, PA
This class will focus on the education of rural pre-hospital providers and assist them with their clinical decision making regarding rural trauma care. Participants will understand pre-call preparation; rapid sick/well assessment; and, appropriate interventions.
Myocardial Contusion
Dale Strawn, MD
Myocardial contusion – bruising of the heart muscle – if severe enough can lead to signs and symptoms of a heart attack. Dr. Strawn will outline when to suspect myocardial contusion and how to treat in the field.
Equestrian-Related Injuries & Mortalities
C. Timothy Floyd, MD
This lecture will cover injuries and deaths associated with equestrian activities at a Level II trauma center. Horse-related traumas are more common than motorcycle traumas, and Idaho has one of the country's highest per capita ratios of horse to owner. Back country emergency responders should be aware of the frequency of these injuries, as well as strategies for treatment and evacuation. Horse welfare will also be discussed.
Staying Cool in a Heated Situation: Pediatric Burn Management
Annette Matherly, RN CCRN
Burns, particularly minor injuries, are a common problem among children. This presentation will outline basic principles of wound evaluation and management in addition to identifying burn specific priorities of treatment as components of the primary and secondary survey.
The Reach and Treat Team: ALS in the Backcountry
C.J. Sveia, EMT-P
Managing the Uncommon Cold: Frostbite & Hypothermia Prevention - 4:00 p.m.
Peter Wittaker
Sun Valley Company Reception/Social and Book Signing - 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
With Lou Wittaker, Peter Whittaker & Gordon Giesbrecht
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Saturday – Featured Presentations
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Forensics in Trauma - 8:00 - 8:50 a.m.
Robert Kaufman
The main objective of Crash Injury Research (CIREN) is to provide a trauma care and research program that offers great promise in helping to reduce death and injury on the nation’s highways. Efforts focus on three areas of research (Injury Research, Reducing Injury Costs, and EMS/Trauma Education and Training) to advance the scientific understanding of the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of automobile injuries. This presentation will be an overview of current peer reviewed research and its application in our daily practice by: assessing crash injury mechanisms in side and frontal impacts and rollovers collisions, understanding fracture patterns and forces to the body, and recognizing vehicle damage patterns associated with high risk for severe injury.
Thin Ice: Cold Water Immersion - 9:00 - 9:50 a.m.
Gordon Giesbrecht, PhD
Many winter activities involve transportation over ice covered bodies of water. Ice conditions are difficult to evaluate and can change dramatically making it difficult to ever completely guarantee safe passage on ice. Dr. Giesbrecht loves the outdoors and combines practical experience as a wilderness instructor with 27 years of human cold research. He has conducted hundreds of laboratory and field trials, which have led to publication of over 100 articles about cold physiology and pre-hospital care for human hypothermia.
What’s New in WMS Guidelines - 10:00 - 10:50 a.m.
Eric Johnson, MD
The Wilderness Medical Society has published new guidelines for spine immobilization in austere environments. Past WMS president, Eric Johnson, MD, FAWM shares these new guidelines as well as updates on other relevant topics.
Mountain Trauma Management Diversity - 11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Chris Stirrup, ENP & Simon Steer
Scotland is a center for many adventure activities that generate a large number of accidents and incidents ranging from simple skiing injuries, to falls with multiple trauma; to downed aircraft; to deep hypothermia relating to being lost in a large and lonely wilderness area. Scottish Mountain Rescue Team members Chris Stirrup and Simon Steer will feature their respective units with examples focusing on hypothermia management and trauma management care as well as the changes that are in progress to improve casualty care in their unique winter environment.
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