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Wilderness Review Night - Zoom Topics: Avalanche & Lightning Emergencies Join use for a night of review of some great wilderness medical topics! We have guest l...ecturer Josh Betts presenting these two awesome topics. Josh is a very experienced wilderness provider and guide that has a great depth of knowledge in these areas! During the Avalanche Emergencies course we will: Describe and recognize factors that predispose to avalanche occurring Understand the utility of avalanche safety and survival tools Recognize that the time to recovery is the most significant factor for victim survival Describe the most appropriate way to organize a rescue Understand the types of injuries caused by avalanche burial Understand treatment options based on burial time Then during the Lightning Emergencies course we will: Describe how you can get struck by lightning Review the pathophysiology of lightning injuries Review treatments Discuss the "reverse triage" technique 3 CEU hours are approved for these two courses collectively. CLASS REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AT 5:00PM EST ON THE DAY OF THE CLASSES. THE CLASS REMINDER AND LOGON INFORMATION WILL BE SENT NO SOONER THAN 12:00 EST ON THE DAY OF THE COURSES! Register here: https://sergeant-rescue-training---consulting.jumbula.com/

Medicine is hard. It requires extensive initial and continuing education at every level. If you don't like the idea of formal education, maybe it's not the field for you. It's about time that EMS embraces this and joins the rest of the medical world.

T-20 minutes and our presentation starts at the 2021 Mountain Rescue Association Spring Conference! #trainingforchaos #MRA #undiciplinedcowboys #mountainrescue #searchandrescue

Well, well, well. Seeing as it is the season of giving we are running one last and final sale of the new year! From today until 27 Dec 2020 you can get 45% off our EMS Refresher or 15% off other courses! ... Use code GIVE45 for our Hybrid refresher! Use code XMAS15 for our 15% discount on a majoritynof our other classes! www.SergeantRescueTraining.com #trainingforchaos #emseducation #longhairdontcare #undiciplinedcowboys #wildernessmedicine #searchandrescue #wildernessrescue

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Bring it in heathens. Its time fer dat Preach'n! A great illustration of why small teams are more effective. Teams are based around effective relationships and clear, concise and accurate communication between the members of the team. Having those relationships/conversations with lots of people becomes pretty difficult... An article I read from a colleague of mine shows how industry can learn from the military when it comes to scaling of teams. The same could be said about tr...aining and management organisations. Yes we want opinions of the masses, but we need effective implementation and execution. You want to see a project die, give it to a comittee. Even in a committee you still see that a handful do all the work as the rest sit back anyway. This also holds true for incident management. If you exceed your span of control you have to many relationships and people to talk to. Making information slow to be processed, return information and decisions slow to return, and possible bogging down an incident response and adding to the problem. Potentially leading to a LODD. I'll leave you with this. Gather information and thoughts from the masses, but keep you decision making teams scaled to an appropriate and functional size. Too big things slow down. Too small things dont get done and people are task saturated and quit. Be effective, be reasonable, be accountable. Doc G out

Everything in SAR is a tool. Especially all of the new technology. The latest toys and tech are awesome and can make our jobs as responders more effecient when deployed properly. But all too often we fail to adequately acknowledged the limitations. Not all thermal imaging is created equal! You do in a way get what you pay for. Then you also, we have to factor the human error of being fatigued, or distracted reviewing video, or the eye and mind fatigue of watching the live fe...ed. Then also, the closer a person is to the abient temp, the more the informational statistics in the article are compounded. Making the likelyhood of missing a survivor that much higher. Great article that highlights limitations of some tech and why more than one medium should always be used to "clear an area." Drone pilots, helicopter pilots, and teams using hand helds can, and will, miss things. The human factor on both sides is real.

Dates: 30 Dec2020 13Jan 2021 27 Jan2021 30-31 Jan 2021 - AMLS... 10Feb 2021 24 Feb 2021 27-28 Feb 2021 - PHTLS 10 Mar 2021 Cost: $200.00 Whole Course Please join us for our seventh annual NREMT / Pennsylvania Paramedic & EMT refresher. This course is a state approved NREMT Refresher course and will also include some very interesting and challenging hands-on educational sessions! We are now offering this as a hybrid learning course! Meaning the days you would normally travel for lecture will be done via online meeting!!!!!! This program meets and exceed NCCP Refresher requirements. Part of this course will include the NAEMT Advanced Medical Life Support course and the NAEMT Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support course! Participants wanting to receive a NREMT Refresher certificate must attend the entire course! Refresher students wishing to receive either a AMLS or PHTLS certification will be charged and additional $55.00 per card to cover the certification ®istration fees, as well as the site rental costs. This refresher will include knowledge stretching lectures and challenging hands-on skill stations! Participants from outside Pennsylvania: The course is an approved NREMT NCCP Paramedic Refresher. A certificate will be generated that should be uploaded as part of your supporting documentation for renewal. The same certificate should be submitted to your home state to receive the applicable 56 hours of continuing education via CONED by endorsement. Register here: http://www.sergeantrescuetraining.com/nremt-p-refresher.html

Get in her heathens! It's time for some preach'n! Now shut up an listen ya dang dirty apes! The anvil spares nobody. The physical always takes its toll. The choice is yours in the face of such pain to fight back or to give in. This happens in the mind. You have to think through the problem. You have to be able to process and problem solve under stress. You have to move, adjust, improvise, and communicate effectively when the pressure is on. You need to have the mental state... to push through. Such is the choice we all face. Do we learn to control our fears, and our doubts by driving forward? Or do we retreat? The answer to these questions is not for words to answer. It is what we do in life that defines us. We choose perseverance over all. Or we choose give in and let the fears take us. Wars in life are won in the mind. You make a choice and then another; or you give up and die. The choice is your's, but the best tool you can bring to bare at any given situation is your mind. Now step off and ruminate about that one. Doc G oNow

Thats a wrap! Sergeant Rescues first Backpacker First Aid Course is a wrap! Thank you to all who attended! We look forward to seeing your feedback and hearing from you! See you all soon at other courses! #trainingforchaos #hikingadventures #backpacking #wildernessmedicine #hiking

Backpacker First Aid night one is in the bag! One more to go! #hikingadventures #trainingforchaos #backpacking #trekking

We are proud to annouce that all 9 of our SARTech 1 cadidates from Chesapeak Search Dogs and South Central PA SAR have successfully completed the practical and written exams! They crushed it as expected! #searchandrescue #wildernessrescue #trainingforchaos #k9handler #NASAR @chesapeakesearchdogs

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So far so good! Our friends at Chesapeake SAR Dogs are task one of four complete as they strive to obtain thier SARTech 1 ratings. The written exam is out of the way! Nicely done. This eveningthey step off for the practical stations! They are going to crush it. #sar #searchandrescue #NASAR #trainingforchaos #wildernessrescue #rescue

I love this perspective from retired SMA Dailey. No. 1. Yelling doesn’t make you skinny. PT does. If you’re not out there saluting the flag every morning at 6:...30, you can automatically assume your Soldiers are not. Soldiers don’t care if you’re in first place. They just want to see you out there. This is a team sport. PT might not be the most important thing you do that day, but it is the most important thing you do every day in the United States Army. The bottom line is, wars are won between 6:30 and 9. No. 2. Think about what you’re going to say before you say it. I’ve never regretted taking the distinct opportunity to keep my mouth shut. You’re the sergeant major. People are going to listen to you. By all means, if you have something important or something informative to add to the discussion, then say it. But don’t just talk so people can hear you. For goodness sake, you’re embarrassing the rest of us. Sit down and listen. Sometimes you might just learn something. No. 3. If you find yourself having to remind everyone all of the time that you’re the sergeant major and you’re in charge, you’re probably not. That one’s pretty self-explanatory. No. 4. You have to work very hard at being more informed and less emotional. Sergeants major, I’ll put it in simple terms: Nobody likes a dumb loudmouth. They don’t. Take the time to do the research. Learn how to be brief. Listen to people, and give everyone the time of day. Everyone makes mistakes, even sergeants major, and you will make less of them if you have time to be more informed. No. 5. If you can’t have fun every day, then you need to go home. You are the morale officer. You don’t have to be everyone’s friend, but you do have to be positive all the time. The sergeant major is the one everyone looks to when it’s cold, when it’s hot, when it’s raining, or things are just going south. Your job is to keep the unit together. That’s why you’re there. The first place they will look when things go bad is you, and they will watch your reaction. No. 6. Don’t be the feared leader. It doesn’t work. If Soldiers run the other way when you show up, that’s absolutely not cool. Most leaders who yell all the time, they’re in fact hiding behind their inability to effectively lead. Soldiers and leaders should be seeking you, looking for your guidance, asking you to be their mentors on their Army career track, not posting jokes about you on the 'Dufflebag blog'. That’s not cool. Funny, but it’s not cool. No. 7. Don’t do anything and I mean anything negative over email. You have to call them. Go see them in person. Email’s just a tool. It’s not a substitute for leadership. It’s also permanent. You’ve all heard it. Once you hit ‘send,’ it’s official, and you can never bring it back. Automatically assume that whatever you write on email will be on the cover of the Army Times and all over Facebook by the end of the week. Trust me, I know this personally. No. 8. It’s OK to be nervous. All of us are. This happens to be my favorite. It came from my mother. My mom always used to tell me that if you’re not nervous on the first day of school, then you’re either not telling the truth, you either don’t care, or you’re just plain stupid. [Being nervous] makes you try harder. That’s what makes you care more. Once that feeling is gone, once you feel like you have everything figured out, it’s time to go home, because the care stops. Don’t do this alone. You need a battle buddy. You need someone you can call, a mentor you can confide in. Don’t make the same mistakes someone else has made. Those are the dumb mistakes. Don’t do this alone. No. 9. If your own justification for being an expert in everything you do is your 28 years of military experience, then it’s time to fill out your 4187 [form requesting personnel action] and end your military experience. Not everything gets better with age, sergeants major. You have to work at it every day. Remember, you are the walking textbook. You are the information portal. Take the time to keep yourself relevant. No. 10. Never forget that you're just a Soldier. That’s all you are. No better than any other, but just one of them. You may get paid a little more, but when the time comes, your job is to treat them all fair, take care of them as if they were your own children, and expect no more from them of that of which you expect from yourself.

Episode 2 of the DUSTOFF Medic Podcast is up. In this episode, Dr. Jen Gurney, Army Trauma Surgeon and head of the Defense Committee on Trauma, talks about mana...ging the patient with multi-trauma. Check it out on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7740GAIKPM5HG8V5xyC0up Google: https://podcasts.google.com/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com//podca/hemorrhage/id1534078827

NEW EPISODE ALERT In Episode 9 I am joined by Dr Naomi Dodds, an anaesthetics trainee and #expeditionmedic, who is also heavily involved in #mountainrescue and ...outdoor instructing up in #Scotland In this episode we chat about her experiences in cold and polar regions, the management of #hypothermia and the risks closer to home in Scotland. Listen to find out more, and don't forget to subscribe!

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BACKPACKERFIRST AID Online ... Cost: FREE The great outdoors is a wild and wonderful place. The great outdoors offers us many different things to enjoy! Everything from the trees and animals to some of the more high-risk activities such as rock climbing and rafting! If you like to take mini day adventures, or longer overnight ones, having some basic first aid skills for that environment is essential to your safety. It is estimated that over 200,000 people are injured each year in the U.S. while engaging in outdoor activities. Making your odds of encountering one or having one yourself, very high. The Back Packer First Aid course is an 8-hour course that is completely lecture and discussion based. The course was designed to take some known basic firs aid skills, or teach those same basic skills, and then teach the participant how they apply to the wilderness setting. This course teaches some of the lasts in basic care and covers the following topics: - Wilderness vs. Urban Medicine - Medical and Legal Considerations - Intro to Patient Assessment - Bleeding Control & Shock - Spinal & Facial Injuries - Chest & Abdominal Injuries - Wound Care & Burns - Bone & Joint injuries - Heat & Cold Related Emergencies - Altitude Illnesses - Lightning Events - Bites & Stings - Medical Emergencies This online course provides a live-in person experience from the comfort of your own home. Allowing you to ask questions, engage with other participants, and still be able to socially distance while learning! The BackpackerFirst Aid Course should be an essential part of your outdoor kit! Register here! http://www.sergeantrescuetraining.com/backpacker-first-aid.

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We want to take a moment to thank the Code EMS Conference committee for having us be a part of this year's virtual conference. We also want to thank all of you that was online for our class. We truely hope you enjoyed it and found it informative. If you have any questions or comments message us, shoot us an email, or leave them here in the comments. We are more than happy to answer them!! Thank you all again so much and we hope to be a part of next year's conferance!!!

Some adventure is what the soul needs at times. Or at least the sense of adventure! Travel, culture, and great instruction is what is missing from CME and CEU education today. To many folks want to squawk at you from a computer. Just lecture you to death. Not this expedition. The classroom is the trail! The education is immersive! The instructors are world class! Anyone can talk at you behind a computer screen! Not everyone will lead you through the beautiful hymilayas while... diving you head first into realworld medicine. Enter the Wilderness & Expedition Medicine Symposium! This trek to Everest Base camp in Nepal will take you through time and history. The classes you will be a part of are like no other you have ever experienced and the memories you make will be one of the highlights of your medical career! Whether you are a 20 year veteran of medicine or just graduating, this trek will stretch your imagination and expand your medical horizon! For information and to register head to: http://www.sergeantrescuetraining.com/everest-trek-2022.html

Gather in here ye wild Apes. Its time fer dat preach'n! Bring it in all nice and close like. Now take a dang knee and drink some water! Your actions and work ethic will ALWAYS speak louder than your words. It takes some of us an entire career to see and understand that tiny little fact. Some never learn it. Your work ethic is your signature on the job. It tells the story of how far you are willing to go for your team or crew. It's part of how you prove to your crew you are a ...team player. Just like anything else on the job, having a strong work ethic is a choice. YOU choose to make it a habit or you don't. It is all you. There is no need to brag or wave around what you have accomplished. Just do it! If you see something that needs done, just knock it out. Clean the floors, take the trash out, trouble shoot that piece of equipment that is being troublesome, or just clean the rig. Do some of the things that "are not your job" and do it without saying a word. Words and speaches are not needed to have a good work ethic. They actually are a displaybif the opposite in many cases. Strong work ethics are rewarded often. Sometimes with more work and responsibility, but often in the form of oppertunity to grow and promote. Your work ethic generally will give you an edge when the subjective is brought into play. Now go sign your work. And I dont mean literally for the crayon eaters in the room. Dog G out

Have your registered for the Code EMS Conference yet!? It starts tomorrow! Although we will not be there live and in person, we hope that you will join us and the other conference attendees during our recorded session! Our session is "The Unsalvagable Patient" - You arrive on scene and find a patient in a bad way. You have a terrible general impression of the patient. Your gut tells you this patient doesn't have much longer to be on this earth. However, they are alert and ta...lking to you. What do you do? Some of our most challenging moments in prehospital care, especially in mass casualty incidents and long extrication incidents, are those moments when you know its just a matter of time before tragedy becomes reality for these patients. We hope that you enjoy our session on a hard to discuss topic and hope that you all enjoy the conference! A great speaker line up for sure! Let us know what you think!