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ForwardWilderness EMS Training Day
As in years past, we will have Wilderness EMS Day on a crisp, clear November Saturday. Actually, no, we want rain and sleet as it makes a better exercise (“high-fidelity simulation.”) It will take place regardless of the weather: this is a wilderness EMS exercise. You will be out in the field until after dark.
The prime motivator is to provide field training for the University of Pittsburgh’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) fellowship. An EMS Fellow is a physician who has completed medical school and an emergency medicine residency, and is pursuing additional training in the management of EMS systems. This curriculum requires education about Wilderness EMS, including a practical exercise. The Fellows learn by providing over-the-radio medical advice to you as you care for simulated patients in a wild setting.
Target Audience
Physicians, EMS providers, and students
Learning Objectives
.• To understand the unique characteristics of evaluating patients in an austere environment, including the capabilities of various levels of Wilderness EMS personnel.
• To receive or provide medical command orders for care of patients in austere environments.
• To understand the logistics, equipment needed, and personnel implications of extricating patients from a wilderness setting across various patient conditions.
• To participate in extrication of a non-ambulatory patient from a wilderness setting while providing initial and ongoing medical care throughout the extrication evolution.
Faculty Disclosure:
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 10.00 Attendance