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Mountain Medicine: Avalanche, Snow Immersion, Cold Injury, and Altitude

$225.00

March 6, 2026 | Mt. Baker Ski Area

Mountain Medicine is the second installment of Whatcom County and Backcountry Medical Guides’ Adventure RX series. Each session is designed to deliver immersive, seasonally relevant, field-based medical training for healthcare providers and outdoor professionals/enthusiasts. The curriculum combines thought-provoking lectures with scenario-based skills practice to strengthen community capacity and professional development in austere environments.

Accreditation: PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is accredited by the Washington State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

PeaceHealth St. Joseph designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

March 6, 2026 | Mt. Baker Ski Area

Mountain Medicine is the second installment of Whatcom County and Backcountry Medical Guides’ Adventure RX series. Each session is designed to deliver immersive, seasonally relevant, field-based medical training for healthcare providers and outdoor professionals/enthusiasts. The curriculum combines thought-provoking lectures with scenario-based skills practice to strengthen community capacity and professional development in austere environments.

Accreditation: PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is accredited by the Washington State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

PeaceHealth St. Joseph designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Winter in the North Cascades demands a high standard of preparedness. This immersive training event focuses on avalanche rescue, prolonged field care in snow environments, and high-consequence team dynamics.

Morning lectures will be held at Heather Meadows Lodge at Mt. Baker Ski Area, followed by on-snow skills stations in controlled terrain. This CME training is for all healthcare providers- no special equipment or prerequisites are required.

    • Avalanche physiology & rescue

    • Snow immersion

    • Hypothermia, frostbite & cold injury management

    • Altitude

    • The hypothermic arrest

    • Team-based avalanche rescue simulation

    • Trauma + Cold- Prehospital considerations

    • Evacuation Techniques

  • This course is intended for healthcare providers who recreate in the winter environment and want to level up their skills. Our goal is to take clinical skill sets and align them to the practical challenges that one might encounter in the field in an uncontrolled setting. With this session, we focus on Mountain Medicine, and the numerous factors that make it a challenging and nuanced rescue.

    • Prehospital: EMTs, Paramedics

    • RNs, PAs, MDs

    • Ski patrol, mountain guides, SAR members

    • Winter outdoor professionals, avalanche educators

    • Healthcare providers preparing for winter deployment or backcountry travel

    • 8.5 hours of CME

    • Avalanche equipment (Probe, shovel, beacon, airbag) Participants may bring their own

    • Field notes and waterproof quick guides