RPK 160 - Wilderness First Aid

(2 CR.)

Examines the role of outdoor professionals in wilderness medicine and the response, care, and rescue of outdoor participants in nonurban environments. Provides intensive, in-depth training in the areas of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, patient assessment system, body systems, environmental injuries/conditions, anaphylaxis, lifting/moving/extrication, patient carries, and backcountry medicine. Course requires successful passage of National Certification Exam. Lecture 1 hour. Laboratory 2 hours. Total 3 hours per week.