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   OUT 264 - Wilderness Technical Rescue

1.0 Credits
This course provides students with the advanced skills needed for technical wilderness evacuation. The curriculum goes beyond the basic wilderness evacuation competencies commonly taught in a wilderness first responder or wilderness EMT course. Topics include: organizing, planning and managing technical rescues, common SAR knots and anchor systems, patient packaging for technical evacuations, rescue load lowering/raising systems and medical considerations for wilderness technical evacuations. Efficient and safe wilderness evacuation skills will be developed through a combination of lecture, lab, and challenging field scenarios.
LECLB 22.5 Clock hours



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