Some people are insistent that smaller snakes are more dangerous. This idea has always felt counterintuitive to me. The explanations seem fanciful at best.
Tag: medicine
Is There An Optimal Way To Get Effective CPR Training To Large Groups Of People?
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under Check This Out!, CPR, Curriculum.
“Giggling was common when they first gave their inflatable mannequins mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and more than a few decided to head butt or slap their Mini Anne CPR dummies. But most appeared to take the lesson seriously.”
2009 Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WRMC)
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under Check This Out!, Conferences, General, Risk Management.
About the Wilderness Risk Management Conference: The 2009 Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WRMC) will be held in Durham, NC between October 14-16, 2009. The objective of this conference is to effectively educate outdoor/medical professionals and enthusiasts in relieving risks that may occur in the wilderness. This workshop is sponsored by NOLS, Outward Bound, and Student… Read more »
A Flurry of Wilderness Medical Training in Western North Carolina
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under Check This Out!, General, WMA Sponsors.
Summer camp and river guiding adventures are about to start! Wilderness Medical Associates is in the thick of preparing hundreds of folks with 10 wilderness medicine courses running in the mountains of western North Carolina. Fay Johnson (right) and I (left) are visiting WMA sponsor camps hidden in these beautiful mountains – Falling Creek Camp,… Read more »
Where’s the Man?: St. Lucia
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under General, Where's the Man?.
WMA instructor Carl Blondell just sent us the photos below, taken in the St. Lucia, an island nation in the eastern Carribbean Sea. Check back to see where the man is travelling to next! Don’t forget… At the end of the year, we will select the 3 best submissions. The winners will receive $100 cash… Read more »
Swine Flu
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under General, Risk Management.
It is almost a given that anyone who comments on medical issues should be saying something about swine flu and its implications. What more can we say? The stats and real (and imagined) seriousness and pervasiveness change daily. In the end this is still influenza, a potentially lethal respiratory virus that most people survive. It… Read more »
The Very Next Day After a WAFA Course…
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under Risk Management, Student Feedback.
A student shares an experience that occured the day after they attended one of WMA’s Wilderness Advanced First Aid courses. At work for a half hour. Monday morning. Phone rings, client with severe drug addictions and Borderline Personality Disorder calls. She wants to talk about not taking methadone in four days. She is speaking softly.… Read more »
Instructor Spotlight – Dave Ramsey
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under Check This Out!, General.
Click here to watch a great video on Dave Ramsey and why he teaches for Wilderness Medical Associates. Dave has been instructing for WMA for over 6 years and teaches courses around the world! He is also co-owner of Backcountry Rescue Institute, Inc. located in Kentucky.
Everyday Prevention – National Public Health Week
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under Check This Out!, General, Risk Management.
Wilderness medicine providers know that prevention and early intervention are critical to a successful day hike, camping trip, or multiple week expedition. Those same skills of prevention and early intervention are applicable to all aspects of life. Some things you probably do already (or should be) include wearing a seatbelt, not using tobacco, wearing a… Read more »
New WMA Website Feedback from Students
Posted by Abby Rowe & filed under General, Student Feedback.
Sometimes you need to be careful about what you ask for, but when launching a new website, you gotta do it! We wanted to make our new site easier to navigate, chock full of wilderness medical information, and featuring real people in videos. So we asked a recent group of WMA course graduates and this… Read more »