Wilderness First Aid for Day Hikers

Do you know what to do when someone is in distress on a hike? This wilderness first aid class will lay the groundwork for how to help someone in need of first aid. It will also cover how to deal with specific problems on the trail such as dehydration, altitude sickness, heatstroke, and hypothermia. Prevention will be stressed, and there will be time for questions and answers. Participants should bring a sack lunch.

Carl Gilmore has been involved in pre-hospital medicine for 49 years, as an EMT since 1971 at various levels. He has developed and directed county-wide EMS agencies, been a volunteer fire fighter, and taught pre-hospital medicine with a special focus on care in frontier, rural and wilderness environments. Carl is currently active as an EMT-I with Taos Ski Valley, both as a member of the ski patrol and as a volunteer EMS. In 1992, he was awarded the title of Master EMS Instructor by the University of New Mexico, School of Medicine’s EMS Academy. Carl also teaches for Eastern New Mexico University’s EMS program, Central New Mexico Community College’s EMS Program, Wilderness Medical Associates and is a BLS Faculty Instructor for New Mexico EMS Region 3’s AHA CPR program.

Advance registration is required.