Blister Podcast

How to Handle Backcountry Emergencies

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Sinopsis

If you spend time outside skiing, biking, camping, hiking, climbing, boating, or running in the mountains, how prepared are you to handle injuries when you are far from medical help? Will you just stand there panicked and helpless? Or will you do things that make the injuries worse?This topic does not get talked about enough. So today, we’re talking with three experienced first responders to help you understand why — for your own personal safety, and for the safety of your friends and family — getting training in wilderness medicine is something you ought to do. There’s a lot of good information in this conversation, so please listen, and let’s all of us commit to increasing our level of knowledge and readiness for our adventures.TOPICS & TIMES:• Quick Christmas Party Story (4:28)• Backgrounds: Mike Thurber, Morgan Matthews, and Justin Bobb (7:05)• What is "Wilderness Medicine"? (13:30)• Huge Factor: wilderness injuries involve *long* evacuation times (16:40)• Three Real-World Emergency Anecdotes (19:40)•