{"id":9967,"date":"2024-08-13T08:37:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T14:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=9967"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:09","slug":"education-wilderness-skills-institute-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=9967","title":{"rendered":"Education &#8211; Wilderness Skills Institute &#8211; 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildernessskillsinstitute.org\/nwsi\/2024-sessions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9968\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-13-083053.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-13-083053.jpg 642w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-13-083053-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildernessskillsinstitute.org\/nwsi\/2024-sessions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9969\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-13-083149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1088\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-13-083149.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-13-083149-300x101.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-13-083149-1024x346.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-13-083149-768x260.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1088px) 100vw, 1088px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/wildernessskillsinstitute.org\/nwsi\/2024-sessions\/\"><strong>LINKS to Recordings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAMPLE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Beyond Band-Aids: Unveiling Your Ultimate Wilderness Medical Arsenal:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, June 6, 1:00-1:50 pm ET\n<ul>\n<li>Recording:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1_FG0NA1XBY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/1_FG0NA1XBY<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Description:<br \/>\nEssential Med Kit Items, Top 3 Must-Haves, Head-to-Toe Safety, Wildlife Wisdom, and Multi-Purpose Marvels for Trauma and Emergency Mastery<\/li>\n<li>Presenter:\n<ul>\n<li>Connie Jacobs, Colorado Conservation Lands Program Lead, Bureau of Land Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>References:\n<ul>\n<li>First Aid Kits \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jf6y2g7Pmvo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jf6y2g7Pmvo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Backpacking First Aid Kit \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NkdFtXyKodg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NkdFtXyKodg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Doctors Explains First Aid Kits for Camping, Travel, &amp; Hiking \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9P8eGiX5Y_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9P8eGiX5Y_0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blister Care: Doctor Reveals Surprising Blister Prevention Techniques \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aWSr90jpk3k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aWSr90jpk3k<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Common wilderness Injuries and prevention tips:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elevatedtrips.com\/blog\/six-wilderness-injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.elevatedtrips.com\/blog\/six-wilderness-injuries\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Improvising supplies for emergencies (lots of ads to skip, material is good):\n<ul>\n<li>Improvising First Aid: Addressing Wounds When Kits Aren\u2019t Enough | Unified Survival \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedsurvival.com\/improvising-first-aid-addressing-wounds-when-kits-arent-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/unifiedsurvival.com\/improvising-first-aid-addressing-wounds-when-kits-arent-enough\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Useful First Aid Kit Tips &amp; Hacks | First Aid Blog | Medical Gear Outfitters \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medicalgearoutfitters.com\/blogs\/firstaid\/how-to-first-aid-kit-tips-tricks-hacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/medicalgearoutfitters.com\/blogs\/firstaid\/how-to-first-aid-kit-tips-tricks-hacks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Safety Tips While traveling and in the back country:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xH6aAqzczfA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xH6aAqzczfA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Backpacking gear for beginners (budget items will get you by):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V-N-GJjywLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V-N-GJjywLA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Snakes:\n<ul>\n<li>How to deal with snakes on the trail (general, good info)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SGpe6muQs8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SGpe6muQs8s<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Discussion with an ER doc who specializes in snake bites:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gaq0WVtsKZE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gaq0WVtsKZE<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Video above goes\/pairs with video below.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gaq0WVtsKZE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gaq0WVtsKZE<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Disclaimer<\/em>: Please note: at 2:15 Dr. Erickson misspoke and generally recommends placing the arm at the level of the heart (to manage local swelling but not encourage systemic absorption). That said, in settings where neurotoxicity from envenomation is likely (and local tissue swelling is of secondary concern), keeping the bite below the level of the heart may slow lymphatic venom absorption. See Dr. Erickson speak at the upcoming National CME Conference on Wilderness Medicine:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wilderness-medicine.com\/cme-conferences\/santa-fe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wilderness-medicine.com\/cme-conferences\/santa-fe\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Consider putting your 1st Aid kit (and meals!) together with latex allergies in mind!\n<ul>\n<li>8-17% of health care workers and Less than 1% of the general population in the U.S. (about 3 million people)<\/li>\n<li>Statistics | American Latex Allergy Association \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latexallergyresources.org\/statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/latexallergyresources.org\/statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaaai.org\/conditions-treatments\/allergies\/anaphylaxis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aaaai.org\/conditions-treatments\/allergies\/anaphylaxis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Head to Toe Assessment Demo: NOLS Head to Toe Assessment \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hXQAmx2AYIk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hXQAmx2AYIk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LINKS to Recordings SAMPLE: Beyond Band-Aids: Unveiling Your Ultimate Wilderness Medical Arsenal:\u00a0Thursday, June 6, 1:00-1:50 pm ET Recording:\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/1_FG0NA1XBY Description: Essential Med Kit Items, Top 3 Must-Haves, Head-to-Toe Safety, Wildlife Wisdom, and Multi-Purpose Marvels for Trauma and Emergency Mastery Presenter: Connie Jacobs, Colorado Conservation Lands Program Lead, Bureau of Land Management References: First Aid Kits \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jf6y2g7Pmvo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9970,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9967\/revisions\/9970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}