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Open water (OW) and swiftwater medical emergencies and rescues pose unique challenges for medical responders and search and rescue teams.
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Learn to:
- Identify the unique medical risks in open water and swiftwater rescues
- Assess the scene, evaluate risk and balance rescuer safety with rapid patient stabilization, treatment and transport
- Differentiate the effects of OW and swiftwater on trauma, entrapment, hypothermia and other common outdoor injuries
- Identify indications for in-water resuscitation and spinal motion restriction (SMR)
- Familiarize yourself with OW & swiftwater guidelines for airway management, breathing and circulation (ABCs)
- Recognize medical priorities in an open water or swiftwater mass casualty scenario like a capsized party boat or raft, or powerboat crash into bystanders
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