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Wilderness Medicine: Hypothermia and Snake Bites

This session is an interactive lecture/presentation highlighting threats to survival and which threats apply to most search and rescue situations. Exposure is the biggest mitigable threat and so the session will discuss the treatment and prevention of hypothermia. By the end of the session, participants will understand why food and water collection should not be the focus of the lost subject.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe what threats need to be addressed in a survival situation and which do not
  • Create a packing list for any outing that will help one survive an unexpected event (and advise patients engaging in such activities)
  • Evaluate field treatment of hypothermia
This program is provided by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Participants engaging in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.75 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report continuing medical education (CME) credits commensurate with the physician’s participation in this program.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this enduring activity for 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.