SKI PATROL
LAS VEGAS SKI & SNOWBOARD RESORT
The Department of Emergency Medicine has been involved with ski patrol on an official basis since 2007. Believe it or not, we are within a 1-hour drive of the nearest ski area! As Medical Director of Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort's mountain patrol, Ketan Patel, M.D., provides oversight and approval of the on-the-hill medical protocols. Additionally, he facilitates the annual patroller Outdoor Emergency Care Technician certification and recertification process. He and our residents also serve as a volunteer members of Mountain Patrol.
Mountain patrol has always been very inviting toward resident involvement to provide prehospital, on-the-hill experience. Through the years, several residents have become certified in Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) and have served as volunteer patrollers. In addition, mountain patrol (particularly Greg and Michelle French [ski patrol director], Luke Hamm and Andrei Menchikov) has been gracious in lending their expertise with the wilderness medicine rotation "Survivor: Las Vegas" by providing instruction in the areas of snow safety, avalanche rescue and environmental emergencies.
Mountain patrol has always been very inviting toward resident involvement to provide prehospital, on-the-hill experience. Through the years, several residents have become certified in Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) and have served as volunteer patrollers. In addition, mountain patrol (particularly Greg and Michelle French [ski patrol director], Luke Hamm and Andrei Menchikov) has been gracious in lending their expertise with the wilderness medicine rotation "Survivor: Las Vegas" by providing instruction in the areas of snow safety, avalanche rescue and environmental emergencies.
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