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Active Military receive 20% off registration. Select "Active Military" to adjust your registration fees. Please show your military ID when checking in.Wilderness and Travel Medicine LLCCage number: 8FJF3 | DUNS number: 081343503* Please note you cannot combine discounts
Student Scholarships Available – Please click here to learn details and apply.
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Once you complete your conference registration, you'll receive a unique Ambassador Code and web link at the bottom of your receipt to send to your friends and colleagues to use when they register.
How The Ambassador Code Works: Each person that uses your link or Ambassador Code when they register will receive $100 off their registration. You will also receive $100 off your registration for every person that registers with your link or code - up to the total price of your registration! This refund will be processed within one week of the end of the conference.
So, if your total registration price is $800 and eight of your friends use your link or code for registration - your entire tuition will be refunded after the conference.
*Please note you cannot combine this discount with other discounts.
This certification workshop is an advanced level, intensive, hands-on training taught by leaders in Wilderness Medicine including, Howard Donner, MD, Sheryl Olson, RN/BSN and Larry Moore, MD.Students will learn practical techniques and practice them in mock scenarios. Successful completion of the course leads to AWEP Certification. AWEP Certification® is the highest wilderness medicine certification we offer. This course Includes 15.5 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ all supplies, syllabus, and a certificate.Please note: You must be registered for the main conference to be able to register for this course.
AWEP | Group 1Saturday, July 26 | 7:30am-3:45pmSunday, July 27 | 2:00pm-5:15pmMonday, July 28 | 2:00pm-5:15pmTuesday, July 29 | 2:00pm-5:30pm
AWEP | Group 2Saturday, July 26 | 7:30am-3:45pmSunday, July 27 | 2:00pm-5:15pmWednesday, July 30 | 2:00pm-5:15pmThursday, July 31 | 8:00am-11:30am
Optional Workshops
The optional workshops listed below are offered in conjunction with the conference at an additional cost. Optional workshops do not offer additional CME credit unless noted otherwise. Please register early for workshops - our workshops feature small group sizes and space is limited.* It is best to review all workshop offerings before making any selections. Once you choose a workshop, the system will hide any workshops with time conflicts. *
Saturday July 26, 8:00a - 3:30pInstructors: Gary Kibbee & Phillip White A unique opportunity to learn and practice both basic and advanced survival skills from a Navy Seal Instructor and other renowned survival experts who train our elite Special Forces. This all-day “hands-on” workshop is a practical and fun, skill-building experience, designed to prepare you to survive on land, in the sea, in wilderness and urban environments. Limited enrollment (register early!) Participants will learn how to:- Signal and "be found"- Obtain food and water- Build fires with primitive tools- Assemble & Improvise survival kits- How to safely extricate if trapped in an elevator- Travel safely in developing countries and avoid being “ripped off”- Escape and survive a hotel fire- Survive a plane crash- Protect yourself during a disaster- Construct emergency shelters
Saturday July 26, 8:00a - 3:30pInstructors: Nick Beer Learn and practice essential skills for trip planning and efficient wilderness navigation. Course includes syllabus and maps. We provide all necessary equipment, but participants are encouraged to bring their own (e.g. compass, GPS, altimeter, phone apps) to learn and practice.Participants will learn how to:- interpret topographic (contour) maps- take and follow compass bearings and apply altimeter / GPS information- Get out of trouble and avoid pitfalls
Sunday, July 27, 2:00p – 5:30pInstructors: Gary Kibbee and Scott Kuipers This workshop is a hands-on skill building experience. You will learn how to construct shelters, obtain food and water, build fires with primitive tools, signal, track, route-find, improvise clothing and build survival kits.
Sunday, July 27, 2:00p - 3:15pInstructor: Kyle Allred, PAIncludes 1.25 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ Orthopedic and soft tissue injuries are among the most common problems encountered in the wilderness. A properly applied splint can have a variety of positive impacts and may make the difference between being ambulatory and needing an air evacuation. Learn techniques for immobilizing fractures and severe sprains using SAM splints and other improvised devices (you will receive a SAM Splint to practice with and keep).
Sunday, July 27, 2:00p - 5:30pInstructors: Nick Beer Learn and use essential skills for wilderness navigation and travel. Skills learned include terrain interpretation, topographic map navigation, utilizing a compass and GPS with maps.
Sunday, July 27, 2:00p - 4:00pInstructor: Lanny Johnson, PA-CIncludes 2 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.A practical workshop on suturing and improvised laceration repair in a backcountry or other austere environment. Participants will have the opportunity to practice suturing, stapling, taping, and tissue gluing techniques on pig limbs. All supplies provided.
Sunday, July 27th, 3:30p - 4:45pInstructor:Kyle Allred, PAIncludes 1.25 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Orthopedic and soft tissue injuries are among the most common problems encountered in the wilderness. A properly applied splint can have a variety of positive impacts and may make the difference between being ambulatory and needing an air evacuation. Learn techniques for immobilizing fractures and severe sprains using SAM splints and other improvised devices (you will receive a SAM Splint to practice with and keep).
Sunday, July 27th, 7:00p - 9:00pInstructor: Sheryl Olson, RN This workshop will teach you how to use ropes and tie knots for improvised medical care, splinting, litters, high angle rescue and swift water rescue. All material is provided.
Monday, July 28th, 2:00p - 5:30pInstructors: Gary Kibbee & Philip White You have just lost all of your belongings and your passport in an earthquake or act of terrorism. Your hotel was destroyed, and your companion is missing. Few Americans are prepared to cope with this type of crisis. Urban and travel survival can be more challenging than survival in the backcountry. Learn how to travel safely and protect yourself.
Monday, July 28th, 2:30p - 5:30p Instructor: Nick Beer A review of technology for planning and optimizing your wilderness adventures. Optimize phone apps, GPS, altimeters, radios, avalanche beacons, and global communication/rescue devices.
Monday, July 28th, 2:00p - 4:00pInstructor: Dan Guenin, MDIncludes 2 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™This hands-on interactive workshop will teach you how to diagnose and to reduce dislocations in the backcountry including dislocations of the finger, elbow, shoulder, hip and Patella. Tips for recognizing fractures and dislocations and improvised splinting will also be presented. Includes 2 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Monday, July 28th, 2:00p -5:00pInstructor: Scott Kuipers Learn the lost art of tracking from veteran tracker Scott Kuipers. The ability to notice subtle disturbances in the environment left behind by others (called "sign cutting") can be life-saving for finding lost persons and getting out of trouble. Participants also gain insight on animal behavior and human impacts on the natural world.
Monday, July 28th, 2:00p - 4:00pInstructor: Lanny Johnson, PA-CIncludes 2 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.A practical workshop on suturing and improvised laceration repair in a backcountry or other austere environment. Participants will have the opportunity to practice suturing, stapling, taping, and tissue gluing techniques on pig limbs. All supplies provided.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2:00p - 4:00pInstructor: Lanny Johnson, PA-CIncludes 2 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™A practical workshop on suturing and improvised laceration repair in a backcountry or other austere environment. Participants will have the opportunity to practice suturing, stapling, taping, and tissue gluing techniques on pig limbs. All supplies provided.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2:00p - 5:30pInstructor: Nick BeerA great opportunity to learn, practice and hone your skills. Follow a compass bearing, verify your location, and interpret terrain while walking on and off trail at Big Sky.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2:00p -5:00pInstructors: Gary Kibbee & Philip WhiteIncludes 4 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™As a medical professional people often look to you for direction in almost any emergent incident. With several decades of medical and rescue experience, the most complicated incidents I have encountered have been on my "time off" with no equipment available. In this class we will gather medical information in preparation for foreign travel and practice improvising the medical equipment needed for care and extrication. Stop the Bleed skills and Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) will be practiced along with use of multi-victim triage. Participants will receive a Stop the Bleed Certificate along with their additional credits.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2:00p -5:00pInstructor: Scott Kuipers Learn the lost art of tracking from veteran tracker Scott Kuipers. The ability to notice subtle disturbances in the environment left behind by others (called "sign cutting") can be life-saving for finding lost persons and getting out of trouble. Participants also gain insight on animal behavior and human impacts on the natural world.
Tuesday, July 30: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pmInstructor: Sheryl Olson, RN/BSNIncludes 2 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.In the backcountry, women may have different needs and concerns than men. This workshop will address topics such as packing light, personal safety and other needs of women traveling in the wilderness or a foreign country.
Children and Teen Workshops
This series of workshops and activities have been designed to maximize enjoyment and education for your entire family. Our Youth Survival and First Aid Programs are nationally acclaimed and classes fill quickly. Please register early for workshops - our workshops feature small group sizes and space is limited.
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