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Adventure RX Series (All 4 Sessions)

$150.00

Whatcom County EMS and Backcountry Medical Guides (BMG), will launch Adventure Rx—a quarterly, theme-based event series offering dynamic, scenario-based field training for healthcare professionals, first responders, and wilderness-savvy community members.

Each event highlights a different seasonal terrain and patient care challenge:
Fall: Wilderness rescue & prolonged care scenarios
Winter: Backcountry ski accidents & avalanche first response
Spring: Mountain bike trauma & remote ortho management
Summer: Marine rescue & hypothermia emergencies

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Whatcom County EMS and Backcountry Medical Guides (BMG), will launch Adventure Rx—a quarterly, theme-based event series offering dynamic, scenario-based field training for healthcare professionals, first responders, and wilderness-savvy community members.

Each event highlights a different seasonal terrain and patient care challenge:
Fall: Wilderness rescue & prolonged care scenarios
Winter: Backcountry ski accidents & avalanche first response
Spring: Mountain bike trauma & remote ortho management
Summer: Marine rescue & hypothermia emergencies

Whatcom County EMS and Backcountry Medical Guides (BMG), will launch Adventure Rx—a quarterly, theme-based event series offering dynamic, scenario-based field training for healthcare professionals, first responders, and wilderness-savvy community members.

Each event highlights a different seasonal terrain and patient care challenge:
Fall: Wilderness rescue & prolonged care scenarios
Winter: Backcountry ski accidents & avalanche first response
Spring: Mountain bike trauma & remote ortho management
Summer: Marine rescue & hypothermia emergencies

Audience

  • Primary: In hospital staff: RN, PA, MD, Field: EMS personnel, ski patrol, SAR teams

  • Secondary: Outdoor professionals, guides, educators, and engaged laypeople

Format

  • Frequency: Once per quarter

  • Duration: Half-day (4 hrs) or Full-day (8 hrs) depending on season and content

  • Location: Rotating field sites in/around Bellingham: Galbraith, Squalicum Harbor,

  • Larrabee State Park, and Mt. Baker.

CE Accreditation

  • CAPCE/WA DOH CE and optional CME for MD/PA via partnership with local hospitals or BMG CME sponsor

Goals & Outcomes

  • Provide accessible, high-quality field-based CME/CE

  • Strengthen regional preparedness and community response capacity

  • Create a gateway for professionals to pursue advanced training

  • Promote cross-sector collaboration in austere and remote care

  • Lecture Topics

    • Delayed evacuation considerations

    • Pain management in remote settings

    • Medical kits, infection, hydration and nutrition

    Skills Stations

    • Building improvised shelters & splints

    • Field meds & pain control scenarios

    • Telehealth & SOAP note under duress

  • Lecture Topics

    • Avalanche physiology & asphyxia

    • Frostbite & cold injury updates

    • Team dynamics in austere conditions

    Skill Stations

    • Beacon/probe/shovel drills

    • Prolonged CPR in snow rescue

    • Team-based rescue simulation in snow or simulated avalanche debris

  • Lecture Topics

    • High-velocity ortho injuries

    • TBI field decision-making

    • Search & rescue coordination

    Skill Stations

    • Fracture management with improvised gear

    • Spine motion restriction in variable terrain

    • Evacuation planning on trail systems

  • Lecture Topics

    • Cold water immersion & hypothermia

    • Marine trauma & drowning

    • Radio comms & maritime evacuation plans

    Skill Sessions

    • Hypothermia rewarming setups

    • CPR & AED use on vessels

    • VHF radio simulations & patient packaging on unstable surfaces