Wilderness First Aid course for the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance

The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance and the UNM Austere and Mountain Medicine joined forces this week for a Wilderness First Aid Class

Trevor teaching Tina and other New Mexico Wilderness Alliance staff members:

NMWA staff participating in patient scenario:

Angel survived, thankfully.

Above: Trevor teaching the use of tourniquets in the Albuquerque Foothills Open Space
Below: Me teaching splinting and joint immobilization

 Discussing anaphylaxis and the use of epi-pens:

Cervical spine immobilization with a SAM splint:

 Trevor showing how to transport a patient:

We had a successful event to be followed by additional wilderness medicine training. For further reading, here is an excellent wilderness blog authored by NMWA's communications coordinator (pictured above).