SUMMER SEMESTER OVERVIEW: The Summer Semester in Wilderness Medicine is largely field-based, with students spending their field time is divided into 7-10 day backcountry sessions, developing skills in wilderness survival, navigation, rope rescue, swiftwater rescue or search and rescue. Their other time is spent completing their WEMT, which includes didactic and practical sessions as well as clinical rotations in local hospitals and ERs and visiting fire departments to learn and practice vehicle extrication.
Because so much time is spent in the field, we have divided posts into section-summaries rather than day-by-day posts. Here is section-1, which was a 10-day backpacking trip devoted to wilderness navigation, survival and an introduction to wilderness medicine.
The 2014 Summer Semester students started their adventure at the Holland Lake trailhead in Condon, Montana, on June 17th. June 17th in most places in the US is 4 days before summer. Five miles and 4,000 feet into their hike, June 17th for our students took on a distinctly winter tone. Two feet of old snow, eight inches of new, a frozen lake for a base camp. This is the perfect location for twelve days of wilderness survival, wilderness navigation and an introduction to wilderness medicine.
What an amazing group we have. Our students succeeded in this challenging environment and are now at our facility in the bustling town of Condon. See below for more details.
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