Everyone is here, happy and healthy! We are settling in to the Ranch, the great food, the amazing people, and the heat. Today was a full day of introductions, a hike to the local waterfall, risk management strategies, and taking baseline vitals. From now on, students will arrive at the classroom at 6:45 am, take vitals, have an hour of class, take breakfast from 8 to 9, then return to class until 1pm. The afternoons have lunch until 2 and then class until 5 pm.
The goal of the program is training outdoor leaders as not "just" wilderness medicine providers, but professionals capable of preparing for and preventing emergencies, navigating through the backcountry, stabilizing potentially dangerous backcountry scenes, treating patients and managing complex evacuations. It's a very full 10 weeks. The fact that we get to do this in the beautiful Costa Rican rainforest as well as the snowy mountains of Montana is thrilling, and we are looking forward to the next 2+ months!
Stay tuned for more updates, which will hopefully happen on a daily basis if the internet connection holds out.
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