In addition to studying backcountry medicine, Semester students train as EMTs, including learning ambulance operations, hazardous materials handling, and vehicle extrication. Near the end of the Semester, students participate in an overnight, mass-casualty scenario rescue in the Swan Valley.
March is still fully winter in Montana's high country! Students spent several days in the Swan Mountains studying avalanche awareness and practicing rescue and care of patients in conjunction with the West Central Montana Avalanche Center. This section of the Semester in Wilderness Medicine earns students their Level 1 Avalanche certification.
