UNLV Wilderness
Medicine Elective
Are you an MS4 looking for a great adventure after Match Day 2024? Join us for a 10-day wilderness medicine adventure!
Who: 10 lucky MS4s + attending and resident educators
What: 10-days of wilderness medicine education and adventure
When: March 26-April 4 2024
Where: Southern Utah, Zion NP, and the surrounding area
Why: Cover wilderness medicine topics including: high-angle rescue, triage and assessment, extrication, common & simple complaints, improvisation, and backpack in some of the most gorgeous landscapes in the US! Our program is excited to extend this revamped opportunity to rotating MS4s. This program was active prior to COVID and is now back up and running. The new program will focus on hands-on education in the wilderness setting with an emphasis on simulated cases and on-the-fly learning.
We will be taking 10 students to the breathtaking Southern Utah backcountry surrounding Zion National Park. A mere 2.5-hour drive from easy-to-access Las Vegas. Transportation for the 10 days will be provided. We will have several 2-3 day backpacking trips with return trips back into civilization for restocking of food and some R&R. Expect to be hiking 2-8 miles a day with a moderate pack of your own gear plus group gear. You will be expected to provide your own personal backpacking gear (e.g. pack, clothes, tent, sleeping bag, water bottles, etc.). Group gear (e.g. firewood, stoves, gas) will be provided. Each day will consist of curated wilderness medicine topics and real time scenarios. By the end you will be confident wilderness medicine providers and will have a new breadth and depth of knowledge on all things outdoors.
Application can be found on VSLO. Price to students is $500 each. Detailed schedule to be announced and finalized as dates approach. Please direct any questions to [email protected].
Who: 10 lucky MS4s + attending and resident educators
What: 10-days of wilderness medicine education and adventure
When: March 26-April 4 2024
Where: Southern Utah, Zion NP, and the surrounding area
Why: Cover wilderness medicine topics including: high-angle rescue, triage and assessment, extrication, common & simple complaints, improvisation, and backpack in some of the most gorgeous landscapes in the US! Our program is excited to extend this revamped opportunity to rotating MS4s. This program was active prior to COVID and is now back up and running. The new program will focus on hands-on education in the wilderness setting with an emphasis on simulated cases and on-the-fly learning.
We will be taking 10 students to the breathtaking Southern Utah backcountry surrounding Zion National Park. A mere 2.5-hour drive from easy-to-access Las Vegas. Transportation for the 10 days will be provided. We will have several 2-3 day backpacking trips with return trips back into civilization for restocking of food and some R&R. Expect to be hiking 2-8 miles a day with a moderate pack of your own gear plus group gear. You will be expected to provide your own personal backpacking gear (e.g. pack, clothes, tent, sleeping bag, water bottles, etc.). Group gear (e.g. firewood, stoves, gas) will be provided. Each day will consist of curated wilderness medicine topics and real time scenarios. By the end you will be confident wilderness medicine providers and will have a new breadth and depth of knowledge on all things outdoors.
Application can be found on VSLO. Price to students is $500 each. Detailed schedule to be announced and finalized as dates approach. Please direct any questions to [email protected].
National Parks Service
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The affiliation of our faculty as Medical Advisors for multiple sites in the National Park Service (NPS) affords our EM residents with the opportunity to participate as coordinators and instructors for EMS personnel during their annual refresher training courses, as well as conduct research on medical care in austere environments. University Medical Center of Southern Nevada also serves as the base hospital for telemetry medical direction of the NPS personnel.
Our physicians serve as medical directors for Death Valley National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave National Preserve and Lake Mead National Recreation Area. |
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