This course consists of 12 weeks of recorded lectures that take the student through both orthodox and herbal medicine in a remote or post-disaster environment where care may include wilderness first aid, emergency medicine, minor surgery, post-operative surgical care, wound and infection management and more. The medical focus of this course is “doing more with less.”
The lectures and materials include:
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Trauma-related anatomy and physiology of the head, torso, pelvis and extremities
- Cellular homeostasis
- Fluid balance and resuscitation
- Shock
- Blood loss, blood salvage & resuscitation
- Surgical wound & hemostasis management
- Anesthesia
- Suturing
- Surgical and emergency medicine gear in austere environments
- Pharmaceuticals for austere and post-disaster environments
- Introduction to herbal medicine
- Herbal medicine making
- Herbal materia medica for austere environments
- Wound healing and infection management using herbal medicine
- Live Q & A with Steve Pehrson and Sam Coffman
- Scenario round table discussions from previous year’s on-site intensives (audio)
- Clinic planning, setup and management in post-disaster and austere environments
