FIRST AID COURSE AND
TECHNIQUES IN MOUNTAIN URGENT HEALTH CARE AND ACCESS
remote areas with poor



Objective of the course,


Train assistant in the prevention and treatment of injuries and
accidents more
common in the mountains and provide it with the theoretical and
practical
knowledge needed to participate / integrate safely and successfully in
joint
operations Search, Relief and Rescue in Mountain and Isolated Areas.

Designed for …

Mountain guides, sports technicians, medical staff (doctors, nurses),
paramedical (technical medical transport, ambulance staff), lifeguards, sports
instructors, personal business nature sports and active tourism, pesters,
carries on business personal professional mountain areas (forest supervisors,
rangers in the field), forces personnel and security forces (G. Civil National
Police and Local), Civil Protection and Fire active opponents, and so on. Content,

EMERGENCY,
● hazards we face in the mountain and causing injury (cold, the height, the
Lightning, Poisonous Animals)
● How to avoid them (the three layers, to buy and what to avoid, as fitted)
● Injuries more common in the mountains
● detention and transfer techniques
● Preparation of makeshift stretchers
● Victim in critical condition (TCE, pneumothorax, severe hypothermia, bleeding,
shock)
● Priority Care (assessment, CPR in isolated areas, end tracheal intubations,
making roads, sutures), peculiarities of Life Support in mountain and remote
areas
● Tips for avoiding accidents, The Decalogue of the mountaineer, …

MOUNTAIN RESCUE AND IN ISOLATED AREAS,

● The mountain emergency
● When and how to apply the rescue
● Communications and signals (relief, soil air, helicopter maneuvers)
● Avalanche (they are and how to avoid them)
● Elements of Avalanche Search and Rescue (areas, probes and shovels)
● Knowledge and basic handling of the material specifically for mountain rescue

● improvised Stretchers
● Transfer of casualties in the mountains
● Progression with stretchers in areas of difficult access
● How to make a kit for small mountain expeditions and outings

INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT,

● Management of victims in critical condition
● When applying the Advanced Life Support
● Basic techniques of end tracheal intubations and venous lines making
● Drugs of choice in emergency
● most common specific Antidotes
● semi-automatic defibrillation
● action protocols depending on the pace
● Knowledge and use of specific material for Advanced Life Support …

Reporter,

To be confirmed

Duration,

2 days, 20 hours
From 9-14 and 15-20

Lugar,

To be determined

Plazas,

20 students -> 10 seats available

Tarifa

€ 175

Course Dates,

2009-2010 Schedule Pending