Rescue, Expedition & Disaster Medicine (RED MED) Hybrid Courses

The hybrid RED MED course is designed to provide current healthcare professionals with a knowledge framework and experience to prepare for RED MED operations and to safely integrate into any Rescue, Expedition or Disaster management team.

This course is ideal for healthcare professionals who are currently working in or striving to work with Rescue, Expedition and Disaster Response Teams in wilderness and austere environments.

The course reviews the fundamentals of risk management, personal preparation and operational planning, along with a review of specific illnesses and injuries often seen in remote and austere environments.

Core Topics

• Roles & responsibilities

• Documentation

• Risk Management

• Operational planning & personal preparation

• Helicopter safety

• Helicopter short haul

• Communications & telemedicine

• Equipment selection

• Safety & security

• Hierarchy of rescue

• Search & rescue operations

• Infectious disease

• Patient assessment

• Disaster response

• Landmines

• Point of care ultrasound (POCUS)

• Active shooter incidents

• Altitude illness, bites and stings, cold injury, heat illness

• Crush injury, suspension syndrome

Course Format (Hybrid: Online & In-Person)

The hybrid RED MED courses include self-paced online learning modules, followed by an in-person adventure-based phase. The online course provides the core content and additional reading, whilst the on-site phase uses the flipped-classroom approach: we work as a group, learning and developing through discussions, skills sessions and scenario-based exercises in context.

• Phase 1: 47 hours of online learning

• Phase 2: In-person practical courses

The in-person days involve a combination of didactic lectures, small group discussions, practical skills sessions, and live scenario-based training in-context.

Completing the course, you will:

• Learn the latest practical hands-on wilderness medical skills for patient assessment, stabilization and evacuation.

• Learn the essential preparatory and safety information to integrate into and operate with a rescue, expedition or disaster response team

• Practice your skills in live scenarios

• Current WMS FAWM candidates will be eligible to receive FAWM credits*

• Earn 47.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ **

*“This course has been approved for Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) credits through the Wilderness Medical Society. Actual credits awarded depend on personal credit needs and history.”

**“The Wilderness Medical Society designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 47.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Each physician should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

“This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) and SOS Medical Services. The WMS is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

International Board of Specialty Certification (IBSC) Certified Wilderness Paramedic (WP-C)

SOS Medical Services is an approved continuing education provider for WP-C® Board Certification renewal having met the standards and requirements set forth by the International Board of Specialty Certification for their Rescue, Expedition & Disaster Medicine (RED MED) course.

RED MED Online is approved for a minimum of 16 contact hours of continuing education for WP-C® and online approved review courses

UK Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Credits

This course has has been approved by the UK CPD Group for 47 CPD credits.

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