10th Mountain Wilderness First Aid Course
10th Mountain Wilderness First Aid Course
$345-$495
OVERVIEW
Whether a veteran of backcountry adventure or a first timer, preparation is the key to a successful hut trip. As a service to our members and guests, the 10th Mountain Division Hut Association has partnered with the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Wilderness & Environmental Medicine program to offer a tailor-made course in backcountry first aid, specific to the high altitude winter environment of Colorado.
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Suitability & Requirements
Physical Challenge Rating (On Scale of 1-5)
Note: Suitability for class at Anschutz Campus is a 1 physical challenge rating. Suitability for class at the 10th Mtn Hut Division is a 3 physical challenge rating. No previous experience necessary. Ages 14 & up welcome.
Wilderness First Aid Description
This 16-hour course will be offered on several dates and locations. The course is equivalent to a Wilderness First Aid Course, but is contextualized for 10th Mountain Hut travel and extreme winter adventure, including topics of avalanche safety, high altitude, hypothermia, frostbite, immersion, snow travel, trauma, musculoskeletal soft tissue issues, dislocations/fractures, navigation, and lost persons.
Expert faculty from the CU School of Medicine will teach through a combination of lectures and hands-on practical skills, and participants will receive a certificate from the School of Medicine attesting to a WFA in the 10th Mountain Medicine Course.
WFA Skills Day: Review & Advanced Techniques
Join University of Colorado School of Medicine master teacher Dr. Todd Miner for a day of hands-on skills and practice. Open only to those who have previously taken Basic Wilderness First Aid, 10th Mtn Wilderness First Aid, Wilderness First Responder, or Wilderness EMT, this class will review core skills and introduce advanced techniques such as litters and carries, dislocations, and bites and stings. Reinforce key skills including patient assessment, patient movement, splinting, and wound care and learn new advanced skills and techniques. Multiple scenarios to integrate reviewed and new learning. As always, lunch-time participant choice for other advanced topics (optional). Enrollment limited to ensure optimal learning.
Entire curriculum is taught by University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty.
- Pre-trip preparation (1h)
- Scene Safety & Primary patient assessment (2h)
- Navigation & map reading (1h)
- Hypothermia (1h)
- Unexpected night out (1h)
- Medical Kit (1h)
- Sprains & strains (1h)
- Burns/ wounds (1h)
Curriculum meets Wilderness First Aid (WFA) requirements.
- Lightning (1h)
- Avalanche (1h)
- Circulatory/Respiratory (1h)
- Spinal immobilization (1h)
- Common medical problems (1h)
- Frostbite (1h)
- Altitude (1h)
Todd Miner EdD is an Instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and is the Education Director of its Section of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Dr. Miner previously served as the Executive Director of Cornell Outdoor Education, where he co-founded Cornell Wilderness Medicine, a unique collaboration between COE and Weill Cornell Medical College. An experienced mountaineer, Miner has led climbs to the seven highest summits in North America, as well as backpacking, sea kayaking, ski touring, and rafting trips throughout Alaska, and a dozen expeditions to South and Central America. Miner previously served as an assistant professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage and as the coordinator of the Alaska Wilderness Studies program there. He earned a BS in anthropology from the University of Alaska, a masters from Alaska Pacific University, and a doctorate from Boston University. His research interests have focused on wilderness survival and corporate experiential training and development. todd.miner@ucdenver.edu
Jay Lemery MD FACEP FAWM is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado and is the Section Chief of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine at the CU School of Medicine. He is the immediate past-President of the Wilderness Medical Society and is recognized as a leader in wilderness medicine education. He is the current EMS Medical Director for the United States Antarctic Program and a consultant for the Climate and Health Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. john.lemery@ucdenver.edu
Joel Vaughan EMP-B AWLS has degrees in both Business and Spanish from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. He obtained his EMT in 2010 and is currently employed at the University of Colorado Hospital in the Emergency Medicine Department. His career in medicine began as a love for the outdoors, and has since perusing a career in Wilderness Medicine Education, with an ultimate goal of becoming a Physician Assistant. He is an AWLS instructor and has assisted with the instruction of both Wilderness First Aid and Wilderness First Responder courses with the CU Wilderness Medicine Section. He is an avid rock climber, backpack, looking to combine the love of the outdoors and medical education. joel.vaughan@ucdenver.edu
“Fantastic teachers, makes me want to go to medical school.”
“Outstanding curriculum, expert professors!”
“I loved the people, the mood and the learning. The skills I attained are extremely valuable to me & my lifestyle.”
Sangree’s Hut
- What time will we meet and where? We will meet at the trailhead at 8 AM on on the first date listed.
- Will you be able to ski or snowshoe up to the hut? Depending on the weather you have the option to either ski or snowshoe to the hut.
- Will we have any free time? You will have a two hour break to go explore.
- Do we have to provide our own food? Yes
- Will we receive a gear list? Yes, closer to the course you will receive a list of what to bring. For this trip it will be clothes, sleeping bag, and food.
- When will we be back down from the hut on the last date? Around 3 PM.
You may register for the course with the full payment. We will accept refund requests 15 days prior to the start of class, but cannot grant refunds after. Exceptions to this include pandemic-related issues.
The University of Colorado reserves the right to make international cancellations up to 6 weeks and domestic cancellations up to 4 weeks prior to the course start date, in which case a full refund will be provided. The University of Colorado will not be held liable for any travel expenses or any other loss of funds the participants may incur due to the cancellation of the course.
Refunds:
Refunds FULL PAYMENTS will be granted 15 days or more prior to start of the program.
No refunds will be granted for cancellations made 14 days or fewer prior to the start of the program.
Transfers:
Participants are allowed to transfer to a different course 15 days or more prior to the start of the original registered course. Only one transfer is allowed per registration and absolutely no refunds will be granted after the transfer. Participants will not be granted any refund if the course transferred to has a lower cost than the original course registered for. If the course transferred to has a higher cost, the participant is liable to pay the remaining balance.
Student Code of Conduct
Students will be required to read, sign, and follow a Code of Conduct that includes both rights and responsibilities. The code will describe learning and especially behavioral expectations, which will be similar to codes expected at most higher education institutions. The code will also describe consequences if there is failure to abide by the rules, which could include immediate suspension from the program, in which case the student will be responsible for leaving the class and property, with no refund provided.
Voluntary, involuntary, or medical separation
Should a student choose to leave the class early, be asked to leave the program early (see “Code of Conduct” below), or need to leave due to medical issues, s/he will be responsible for her/his own travel home and for any associated costs.
Rights and Responsibilities: Student Code of Conduct
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Wilderness & Emergency Medicine Program
Students in the University of Colorado School of Medicine Wilderness program are members of the University community. As such, students are expected to uphold University standards, which include abiding by international, state, civil, and criminal laws and all University laws, policies and standards of conduct. These standards assist in promoting a safe and welcoming community; therefore all students and participants must uphold and abide by them.
The University strives to make the learning community a place of study, work, recreation, and residence where people are treated, and treat one another, with respect and courtesy. The University views the Student Conduct Process as a learning experience that can result in growth and personal understanding of one’s responsibilities and privileges within both the University community and the greater community. Students who violate these standards may be subject to the actions described in the University’s Student Code of Conduct. These procedures are designed to provide a welcoming learning community and fairness to all who are involved in the process.
Philosophy of Student Conduct: We strive to learn from one another in an educational environment that holds mutual respect for individuals and self-responsibility for behaviors community in high regard. Students who engage in behavior that conflicts with established standards, laws, policies, and guidelines may be dismissed from the program. Every member of the student community must assume responsibility for becoming educated about the various University standards, policies, and guidelines.
Diversity Statement: We are committed to a campus community where diversity is appreciated and valued, and where all individuals are treated fairly and with respect. We encourage curiosity, open communication, and continuous learning as ways to create a socially just environment. We respect the right for individuals to disagree with ideas and philosophies different from their own. However, we do not permit any form of behavior that places anyone in dangerous, discriminatory, or harassing environments. It is against the basic nature of this community for anyone to demean or discriminate against another human being.
Creating a Safe Learning Environment: We strive to provide a safe and welcoming learning environment and community. Such a caring, educational community does not tolerate physical or psychological threats, abuse, hazing, harassment, intimidation, or violence directed against a person, sexual or otherwise. In addition, students engaging in such behavior are subject to the University conduct processes.
Alcohol and Drugs: Students in a University of Colorado School of Medicine global education program must abide by host country laws and local institutional regulations with respect to alcohol and drugs. Unless permitted by host country law and local institutional regulations, participants will not possess, consume, furnish, or distribute any alcoholic beverages. The University of Colorado School of Medicine has a zero-tolerance policy with respect to the possession, use, manufacture, production, sale, exchange, or distribution of illegal drugs. Students are responsible for knowing and obeying the laws of the host country as well as all local institutional regulations, regarding alcohol and other drugs. Violations of law or policy may result in immediate dismissal from the program.
University Policies: Students are required to abide by University of Colorado School of Medicine/Anschutz Medical Campus policies, including CU Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Code of Conduct, while enrolled in the program. Please see the Code of Conduct.
Host Country Customs: Students are responsible for abiding by the laws and customs of the host country, community, institution and program. In addition they are responsible for being sensitive to the social norms of the host culture. Students are also subjected to the disciplinary codes and processes of the host institution.
Dismissal: If a student seriously disrupts the group learning process, or if student’s behavior gives the faculty or program director reasonable cause to believe that continued presence in the program poses a danger to the health or safety of persons or property, or impedes, disrupts or obstructs the program in any way, the student will face immediate dismissal. Alcohol, drug, or weapons-related violations, harassment, or assault are so seriously problematic that dismissal is highly likely. Before a student is removed from the program, she or he will have an opportunity to explain her or his conduct to the faculty or program director(s). A decision of dismissal from the program would be final, immediate, and no refund would be made. Transportation and other expenses related to the student’s return home country would be at the student’s own expense.
Health: Students are responsible for their own health maintenance during the program. In the event of serious illness, accident or emergency, students are responsible for informing an appropriate program official and for granting permission to authorize emergency medical treatment so that assistance may be secured and so that designated emergency contact(s) may be notified. Students authorize U.S. Embassies and Consulates to release information concerning their welfare and whereabouts to the University of Colorado.
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About Instructors
Todd Miner Ed. D FAWM
Wilderness Medicine Education
Backcountry Guiding