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Powell County's Wilderness EMS team, serving Kentucky's Red River Gorge

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Last week we welcomed 19 students from throughout North America for an AWLS-Advanced Wilderness Life Support course at EKU's Maywoods Lodge. Our 52-hour version of AWLS mixes conventional wilderness medical skills (where the emphasis is on improvisation) with Wilderness EMS skills (where the emphasis is on pre-planned systems of care), and covers a comprehensive list of topics ranging from austere patient assessment to dental emergencies to basic rope rescue skills. Our course also features a multi-hour night time rescue scenario that requires teamwork, decision-making, and integration of skillsets.

Yesterday afternoon, we were alerted to assist Powell County Search and Rescue for a report of a hiker who sustained an ankle injury atop Double Arch, and was unable to walk as a result. Two of our advanced providers (a Paramedic and a Nurse Anesthetist) responded, and were assisted during the rescue by two members of Powell County SAR who are EMTs with Powell County EMS as their day jobs. Extracting the patient to safety required a steep-angle lower from the top of the arch, and ultimately a second steep-angle belay raise just prior to the trail head.

Lifesaving care, anywhere. @ky_state_police #wildernessEMS #thingreyline #rescue

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