Outdoor First Aid for Athletes: Southern U.S.

EMERGENCY FIRST AID SKILLS • SELF-PACED ONLINE STUDY

+ wildlife, weather & terrain hazards specific to PA, NJ, NY, MD, DE, ME, CT, RI, MA, NH, & VT

$45

MEETS 2021 WFME STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTED & DISTANCE LEARNING IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

Essential first aid & safety for outdoor adventures

90 Days Unlimited Access Includes:

Seven self-paced video classes teach you to assess injury and apply first aid for sprains, fractures, impalements and other bleeding wounds, animal bites, stings and many more outdoor emergencies

Ten practical skills videos & guides teach you how to improvise splints, compression bandages, tourniquets, cervical collars & more

Bonus regional U.S. Wilderness First Aid course covers local wildlife, environment & common rescue calls

What You'll Learn

Via self-paced online lectures, interactive video scenarios, medical case assignments, knowledge checks & quizzes

Injury assessment & basic life support

MARCH & SAMPLE patient assessment protocols; breathing, circulatory & nervous system assessment; spinal stabilization; basic CPR & Heimlich maneuver training

Common outdoor medical problems

Treating & stabilizing impalements, broken bones, finger amputations, muscle injuries, bleeding, wounds, cold injuries, heat illness, lightning and altitude ilness & more

Terrain, temperature & weather hazards

Terrain, temperature and weather hazards

Heat & cold related injuries; wildfires, lightning & burns; floods, tides & drowning; avalanches & earthquakes; acute mountain & altitude sickness (AMS, HACE, HAPE)

Wildlife attacks & treating injuries

Dealing with grizzlies, black bears, mountain lions; snakes & scorpions; other venomous animal & insect bites, stings, rabies prevention & communicable & waterborne diseases

Basic outdoor survival skills

Route, logistics & supplies planning; avoiding getting lost, signaling for rescue; finding and treating water for safe drinking, maximizing chances of being found alive

Special Southern U.S. Topics

Locations

Mississippi River Delta, Atlantic & Gulf Coasts, pine forests, marshlands & more

The Everglades, Hot Springs, Chattahoochee River, Natchez Trace, Bogue Chitto, Kisatchie National Forest, Little River Canyon, Gulf Coast & Gulf Islands National Seashore, Dry Tortugas National Park, Biscayne National Park, & other national parks, forests, wetlands & scenic trails

Popular state parks & recreational areas

Hazards & Rescue Calls

Hurricanes, sinkholes, flash floods, caving mishaps (including hypothermia, falls, darkness, getting lost), heat stroke, dehydration & hyponatremia

Black bears, coyotes, Florida panthers, boars, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, Eastern Coral Snakes, Southern copperheads, alligators, Africanized "killer" bees, black widow & brown recluse spiders, centipedes

Rip currents, red tides, drownings + bull, tiger, dogfish, great white & other sharks, stingrays, lionfish, sea nettles, moon jellies, lion's mane, man-o'-war, etc.

Vibrio flesh-eating bacteria, brain-eating amoebas, giardia

Learn to improvise medical care
with everyday items

Skills training on basic CPR, tourniquets, neck braces, splints, compression bandages, Epipens & more

Practice your new skills at home or at work using yourself, family, friends or coworkers as patients

Improvise medical care with everyday items

Learn to treat injuries & save lives using everyday items to improvise splints, tourniquets & more

Certificate of Completion

Survival Med Outdoor First Aid for Athletes Certificate

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Survival Med Faculty

Natalie Bonthius, MD

Founder of Survival Med & Emergency & Survival Medicine Physician, UHS-Southern California

Carson Harper, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician, UHS-Southern California

Richard Ingebretsen, MD

Clinical Instructor & Wild Med U Program Director, University of Utah School of Medicine

Kevin
Grange

Paramedic & Firefighter, Jackson Hole Fire & EMS and Grand Teton National Park

Robert Scanlon, MD

Quadruple Board-Certified Critical Care, Pulmonology, Internal Medicine & Sleep Medicine Physician

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Outdoor First Aid for Athletes: Southern U.S.

Essential first aid & safety for outdoor adventures