On Wednesday, February 27 2008, the UNM Wilderness Medicine course participants tested out the commonly accepted, tried and true ideas that are taught in many wilderness medicine courses. Problem is, most classes are in auditoriums of over 400 people, with a keynote speaker in the front. We found many of the ideas to work, but not as well as you would think. We devised ideas that are not normally taught in wilderness settings. Paul Romo is demonstrating yet another use for a foley...as a stethoscope! A good friend, Ken Iserson, gave me this idea with the baby nipple, and we thought of the foley. By the way, Ken will have a great book about MacGuyver medicine coming out this year-a tome that will pique the interest of the wilderness medicine or international medicine traveler alike. At any rate, the usual improvised airway control ideas were taught in our lab today, but the a question comes up...how do you improvise on the BVM?
Dario
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