Survival Kits, Fire Building, Emergency Shelter Construction, Litter Construction
It's been another very intense week here in Mastatal. Students continued adding to their medical, rescue and survival skills. Training at both ends of wilderness and urban care, they started the week by caring for a patient injured by the river, constructing a litter, carrying her across the river, setting up a shelter, making a fire, finding their location on a map and with a GPS, organizing an evacuation and then hunkering down for a night in the forest. Later that day, they changed hats, caring for patients with chest pain in town by administering oxygen and nitroglycerin, talking to medical direction via radio, and coordinating with an advanced life support ambulance.
Today we are concluding our review of medical emergencies and officially beginning with discussions about trauma, including injuries to the head and spine. Tonight is a surprise night scenario followed by a BBQ!
Internet coverage has been exceedingly slow, but we will continue doing our best to post whenever we have the chance.
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