COURSE DESCRIPTION:

A live-tissue, scenario based, humanitarian training
program for austere environments. This course immerses the participant in
the initial phase of a disaster simulation to include sleep deprivation,
primitive living conditions and other aspects of this type of environment
that an initial or remote medical disaster team might encounter. Leadership,
communication and complex problem solving while managing yourself,
contributing to the success of your team, maintaining personal security and
performing the necessary medical and camp tasks are emphasized throughout
this multi-day and night training scenario. Topics such as local unrest,
media distractions, lack of amenities and limited resources are an integral
part of the training. Participants will actively manage victim injuries and
scenarios related to Trauma and CMF/Plastic Surgery in an austere/primitive
environment. The program also includes education and inoculation to the PTSD
aspect that relief workers can be subject to as well as the psychology of
group dynamics. This course is not a seminar. All participants should be in
reasonable health and expect various physical and mental stressors
throughout this “hands-on” immersion course.integral part of the training.

Participants will actively manage victim injuries and scenarios specifically related to Trauma and OMFS/Plastic Surgery in an austere/primitive environment. The program also includes education and inoculation to the PTSD aspect that relief workers can be subject to as well as the psychology of group dynamics.

This course is not a seminar. All participants should be in reasonable health and expect various physical and mental stressors throughout this “hands-on” immersion course.

Objectives:

At the conclusion of the course participants will:

• Be able to function as an integral and contributing member of a disaster medical relief team across a broad spectrum of mission essential tasks.
• Recognize the challenges and key components, both external and internal, to the function of a disaster relief team.
• Have experience with many factors of providing disaster relief care through simulation and the use of live-tissue in multiple, comprehensive scenarios.
• Be resourceful in a primitive medical environment while providing an acceptable level of care consistent within the context of disaster severity and scope of impact.
• Increased capacity in unfamiliar medical terrain under suboptimal conditions with an expanded fundamental medical knowledge.
• Have a better understanding of human and social capital in complex and unstable emergencies.
• Adaptability and solution based reasoning during an evolving and dynamic medical crisis under various