Just completed day 5 of a 7 day Wilderness First Responder class that I’m an assistant instructor on–it’s the first of it’s type that I’ve assisted with.  Great students, great curriculum, great lead instructors that I’m privileged to be be working with.  Here, Chicago sea kayaker John Martin has managed to wrap himself around a tree while going to the aid of some of his friends.  The two students are working to stabilize him so he can be evacuated to a nearby trauma center.  By the way, the woman holding John’s C-spine stable is from Southern California–yep, she came here to take the class before heading off to Ecuador in a few weeks!  Can you say “climate shock!”

Posted: January 7th, 2009 under Uncategorized, Wilderness Medicine.
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