tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74572350973213569492024-03-05T05:33:41.881-08:00Aerie's Spring Semester in Wilderness MedicineDaily blog from Aerie's Semester in Wilderness Medicine in Costa Rica and MontanaAeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-49634854453915900632014-09-15T10:32:00.001-07:002014-09-15T10:32:13.039-07:00Spring Semester in Wilderness Medicine BlogsOn the next few pages, you will find daily and weekly posts from our Spring Semester in Wilderness Medicine, which takes place in Costa Rica and Montana. Enjoy looking through these as you gain a better sense of what we do every day, and let us know if you have any questions. Direct questions to info@aeriemed.comAeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-54058781759473255532014-03-16T18:53:00.001-07:002014-03-16T18:53:37.949-07:00Night Scenarios<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The last 24 hours have been epic. Students were on-call all last night, preparing for unknown calamities after being told to expect anything from 5 pm until 5 am. They gathered survival, navigation and first aid supplies and waited for what turned out to be childbirth at 8pm and two victims of carbon-monoxide poisoning at 0430 this morning. </div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-59950722001066198792014-03-12T15:10:00.001-07:002014-03-12T15:10:06.346-07:00Two Roads to CanadaWe all arrived in Montana and are enjoying the snow. Jack and Belinda Rich welcomed us to the Rich Ranch and told us, "there are only two roads between here and Canada, which is a few hundred miles to the North." It's great being in wild country in the winter and hard to imagine that a week ago just touching a vehicle would burn.<br />
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Semester Coordinator Andrea Stephens taught navigation and gave an introduction to winter safety, including a talk about wild animals. We have grown accustomed to walking through the rainforest with our heads down, searching a perimeter just a few feet in front of us, looking for snakes. Now we need to look up and adjust to new search images that include lions, bears (which will start emerging from hibernation later this month) and avalanches. <br />
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Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-12361768155935348002014-03-04T19:15:00.001-08:002014-03-04T19:15:26.550-08:00Back in Montana!No new pictures on this post. Imagine a lot of snow and you have the idea!<br />
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We are gearing up for our first day of class next week at the <a href="http://richranch.com/" target="_blank">Rich Ranch</a> in Seeley Lake. We'll start posting again when we get up there. Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-4486384006567475022014-03-02T04:29:00.001-08:002014-03-02T04:29:34.497-08:00Last Day in Costa RicaSwiftwater training wraps up today. Cody taught students how to swim in rapids, to rescue unconscious swimmers and to set up rope-rescue systems with mechanical advantage. After a full day of class today, students will have a short night and leave on a shuttle to San Jose and the airport at 0200 tomorrow morning.<br />
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Then we head back to the snowiest winter Montana has seen in years. It's hard to imagine that now as we sit in 95 degree heat, under a full sun that is high in the sky most of the day, and 100% humidity.<br />
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Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-43419630816711364252014-03-01T04:27:00.000-08:002014-03-01T04:27:11.466-08:00Swiftwater Rescue at Rafiki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Bandwidth is scarce around here and students are lining up to use the internet, so this will be brief. Swiftwater rescue training here goes very well. Everyone is happy. It's beautiful! </div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-70266163668266886412014-02-28T04:58:00.002-08:002014-02-28T04:58:44.381-08:00Rafiki<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We arrived at Rafiki Safari Lodge yesterday afternoon. What a beautiful spot! Dr. Moore headed back to Montana. We loved our time in Mastatal, loved the people there that made our stay so enjoyable, and are also excited about the next step in the program.</div>
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That next step is swiftwater rescue technician training. Cody Harris arrived to teach that. He is a world-class kayaker and swiftwater rescue instructor. Today, students are learning how to read moving water, how to organize a river rescue and how to plan for care of a drowning patient. Then, following a routine they now know well, they will get out and start practicing. </div>
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During the last two days, students worked with Dr. Moore and volunteers from the Ranch to organize and offer a free health clinic. They assessed dozens of patients, most of whom walked a significant distance to get this care. It was an incredible experience, allowing students to see many of the illnesses they have been reading about in their texts, and it bookmarks the end of our time in Mastatal. At 1100 today we get on a bus and head to the Rafiki Lodge. It's about a three hour trip. Three days of training follow there on the beautiful Sevegre River, during which time students will earn their Swiftwater Rescue Technician certifications from Aerie instructor and owner of the Whitewater Rescue Institute, Cody Harris. </div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-62001962339172466152014-02-25T04:17:00.003-08:002014-02-25T04:17:35.339-08:00Last Week in Costa RicaWe are charging through our last week of class in Costa Rica. Yesterday we completed instruction in management of geriatric patients and spent the rest of the day down at the river rescuing a climber with suspected rhabdomyolysis who had been hanging in his climbing harness for 24 hours, treating a marathoner with heat stroke, and getting a drowned patient out of a shallow river crossing. <br />
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Last night our Medical Director, Dr. Greg Moore, arrived. He'll be with us for three days sharing knowledge from 35 years of emergency medicine and 10 years of travels with us to Costa Rica.<br />
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-90720822493845081132014-02-23T08:52:00.000-08:002014-02-23T08:52:31.922-08:00Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It's a relaxing day-off. The Ranch folks slaughtered a pig this morning and that will be a big part of our meals for those interested or so inclined. The pig will also provide good A&P review, particularly for respiratory and cardiovascular anatomy that are hard to visualize, even with decent photos.</div>
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Some students headed to a nearby field to play soccer/ football. Most are staying close to home, completing a 200-question take home exam that is due tomorrow.</div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-16843023008566818652014-02-21T15:51:00.002-08:002014-02-21T15:51:33.070-08:00MCI day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We think it's safe to say that Semester students get more practical scenarios than most paramedic students completing a year of training. Today was a good example. They started the morning responding to a fire at an elementary school, where they had to assess, triage, move and treat 12 students that spoke only Spanish. Then they went on to manage individual patients having asthma attacks, anaphylactic reactions and chest pain from heart problems. They finished the day learning about childbirth. At this moment, most of them are out on the soccer field, playing with the local residents, and blowing off steam after an intense week.</div>
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Amazingly, we are almost done with our time in Mastatal and most of the EMT curriculum. We reviewed drowning and high-altitude illness today and had a full course of scenarios. As the program continues, we'll have more and more complicated scenarios that integrate wilderness skills with wilderness medicine.</div>
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Tomorrow is a huge day of scenarios. In the off-chance that some current students are reading this blog, we wont reveal the nature of the problems, but they will be extremely challenging and a great way to finish the last week here.</div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-41951248701923753072014-02-19T18:26:00.000-08:002014-02-19T18:26:08.251-08:00Another disaster in paradise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, good luck isn't in the cards for people around us. Today a car with two passengers ran into a bicyclist wearing a climbing helmet (note to all worried parents and friends: this was a scenario). Luckily, more than a dozen well-trained WEMT students were eager and available just down the road. Everything ended well, with patients getting secured to backboards, administered oxygen, and transported to local hospitals. Then everyone went for lunch. </div>
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We expect and hope for more of the same fortune tomorrow.</div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-67568716592142185942014-02-17T18:17:00.001-08:002014-02-17T18:17:21.442-08:00More ScenariosToday students learned about diabetes and other causes of altered levels of consciousness. Then they headed to the river for hours of scenarios. These included managing four injured patients, moving them through hazardous terrain, setting up a shelter and making a fire for an overnight stay in the rainforest.<br />
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A great day of scenarios, stations and lectures. Fernando taught our group how to build fires in the rainforest, a skill they quickly applied to afternoon scenarios.</div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-91462861229611104982014-02-10T19:18:00.002-08:002014-02-10T19:18:37.275-08:00Monday February 10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Another full day in the tropics. Students practiced extricating patients from inside and under vehicles, learned how to clean wounds, manage burns and prevent blisters. They learned how to splint with conventional supplies and to improvise with various materials they might carrying camping or have with them traveling. They also had instruction in more knot tying. They are putting more and more of the skills together in scenarios, making those more realistic and challenging. Today was also "chocolate day", when the owner of a local organic chocolate farm brings fresh chocolate of various flavors, cookies and banana bread. Not too shabby.</div>
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Tomorrow starts with a big written exam, which has everyone studying. An average night has 50-100 pages of EMT text to read and practical scenarios to prepare for, so any notion of a relaxing vacation in Costa Rica left on day one! It's always beautiful here, though, with amazing flowers, birds and other wildlife, so when students do get a well-earned breather, there is plenty to see and do. </div>
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We will also be heading to the river tomorrow for more scenarios and another chance to cool off. Some poor, innocent tourist/ guide/ fill-in-the-blank person will come close to their untimely end and, amazingly enough, will be happened-upon by a group of highly trained, motivated and capable EMT students with nothing better to do than jump in and help. More on that tomorrow.</div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-44131133258565353102014-02-09T10:33:00.001-08:002014-02-09T10:33:33.793-08:00"Day Off"It's Sunday. We had an abridged class today: two hours of bleeding and shock, with instruction in pressure wraps, hemostatic agents and tourniquets. It's been raining a bit, which for Aerie means "get out and take advantage of it", so we've been practicing protecting people from environments. You might not think that you can get hypothermic in the tropics, but combine driving rain, wind and an immobile, injured person, and you have the perfect combination for cold patient.<br />
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Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-49676270819381985662014-02-05T16:22:00.001-08:002014-02-05T16:22:46.710-08:00End of Week One!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We hear Missoula temperatures are -20 today. It's 110 degrees hotter here, so we are taking advantage of the river to run scenarios, have lectures and generally cool off. It's been a full week of patient assessment, learning about head trauma, spinal immobilization and airway adjuncts. </div>
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This is an amazing group, full of great energy and enthusiasm. Everyone is healthy, and we are looking forward to a well-deserved first weekend, which for us starts tomorrow. Most students plan to catch up on their reading, look around at the forests and relax while making sure to complete a large take home exam.</div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-72361498553649838992014-02-01T16:19:00.003-08:002014-02-01T16:19:56.074-08:00First Day of Spring Semester 2014!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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.</div>
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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!</div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-79651630538044002862014-01-28T06:32:00.001-08:002014-01-28T06:37:17.403-08:00Arrival in Costa Rica Reminder<br />
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you are unable to reach Andrea, leave her a message with the exact nature of the problem, the number where you can be reached, and then call instructor Fernando Giaccaglia's cell phone. Dialing instructions vary depending on if you're still in the US, or if you've already arrived in Costa Rica. From the US, dial <a href="tel:011-506-8376-6969" target="_blank" value="+50683766969">011-506-8376-6969</a>. If calling from inside Costa Rica, dial 8376-6969.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you are unable to reach Fernando, leave him a message with the exact nature of the problem, the number where you can be reached, and call Rancho Mastatal at <a href="tel:011-506-2-410-6263" target="_blank" value="+50624106263">011-506-2-410-6263</a> (dial 2410-6263 if you've already arrived in Costa Rica).</li>
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Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-87615215051011128922013-11-30T16:19:00.001-08:002013-11-30T16:19:22.282-08:00Getting Geared Up for 2014!2014's Spring Semester in Wilderness Medicine officially begins February 1 in Costa Rica, but we're getting ourselves ready as we speak. <br />
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Contact us at <a href="mailto:info@aeriemed.com">info@aeriemed.com</a> if you are interested.<br />
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Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-15691158762532821652013-04-02T13:09:00.000-07:002013-04-02T13:09:05.663-07:00Vehicle Extrication and Cadaver Lab<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last week ended with quite a flurry of in-town activity. We started with a great vehicle extrication course at the Missoula City Fire Department's Station 4. Paramedic-Firefighter Charles Talbot was incredible at getting our students into the middle of everything in order to better understand the process of extrication, both its dangers and advantages. </div>
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From there, we headed over to the University of Montana for anatomy and physiology review at the cadaver lab. EMT and UM faculty Heather Labbe took our students through an amazing practical overview, helping them see the connections between A&P and the signs and symptoms they are training to find.</div>
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This week is ending with tons of scenarios in Condon. For the next two days, students will complete their clinical rotations on the ambulance and in the ERs. They return for a final push: our last week of the program! For family and friends, we are having an open BBQ on Tuesday, April 9th at the Northwest Connections Beck Homestead, from about 3-5 pm. We will have movies from the course, photos and a graduation ceremony. All are welcome.</div>
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<br />Aeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726316506420009810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7457235097321356949.post-10673931889015014722013-03-23T19:20:00.000-07:002013-03-23T19:20:50.319-07:00Aerie students as high school teachers<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody>
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Fresh off their snowy backcountry trip, the Semester students looked like they could use a new challenge. Time to raise the bar. Yesterday, the Aerie crew spent the day with three busloads of high school students. You heard right: our soon-to-be EMTs paired up to teach wilderness medical skills to over eighty 9th graders from Big Sky High School's Health Sciences Academy. The day turned out to be an outstanding learning opportunity as well as a community service and outreach experience. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Max and Katie taught bleeding control and wound management, so of course they needed some gore to spice things up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David and Tyler P passed on some techniques they learned from Brad Bennett about moving patients under fire. They added a special twist and turned the whole thing into a race.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David and Tyler offered each group the opportunity to haul the Big Sky teachers around in an improvised litter.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nami and Max pose proudly with their pupils, who in turn proudly display their improvised splints. The group learned how to immobilize lower arm and lower leg fractures.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trenton and Clay offered Community CPR instruction as well as a tutorial in the use of AEDs. The students discovered their school has two AEDs; most had no idea what they were or where they were located and were surprised to learn how simple they are to use.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dara (our Semester intern) helped teach stations as well. These students of hers perfected the art of a two-person carry.<br /><br />Special thanks to Bob Vandenhoevel with Missoula Emergency Services who also taught stations during the day. Bob brought in his experience as a flight medic when he threw one eager group into a mock lightning strike, instructing them both in the Incident Command system and in signaling systems for helicopter rescues.</td></tr>
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