Who are these sessions for?
These session are for backcountry travelers who have already undertaken an avalanche skills course. It is not intended for mountain professionals or trained first responders.
Avalanche and Basic Life Support Sessions
Avalanche and Basic Life Support Sessions
Avalanche and Basic Life Support Sessions
Avalanche and Basic Life Support Sessions are delivered by Dr Sam Bartholomew with support from Wanaka Mountain Guides. The sessions provides more guidance to backcountry skiers and snowboarders on how to approach and manage avalanche rescue. This extends and complements what is taught about finding, digging and basic first aid on standard avalanche skills courses. The focus is what needs to happen once you have dug someone out! This is for anyone who is curious in what are the basics because the basics matter most.
Avalanche and Basic Life Support Topics
What really matters?
Basic life support procedures.
AvaLife Basic Avalanche Resuscitation Algorithm.
Bleeding, broken, cold – what can you do?
Key to making any of this work
Suffering and risk the principles to a medical kit
The two evening sessions are a large 2 hour large group session and a small group 2.5 hour session.
The small group session format allows practical exercises to practice delivering Basic Life Support and practice with a manekin.
Dr Sam Bartholomew
Sam is a member for the Royal NZ College of Urgent Care Physicians. He is currently working at Te Nīkau Hospital in Greymouth as a Rural Hospital Generalist. He has experience working in Rural Hospitals since 2019. He has previously worked in an Urgent Facility in Christchurch, in varying General Practices and hospitals. He has worked as an expedition medic to the Sub-antarctic and to the Ross Sea. He has also been the Medical Advisor for the NZ Hang gliding and Paragliding association. He has regularly presented at varying conferences and always uses the chance to create unique learning experiences.
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’10/10. Extremely Knowledgeable. Fantastic Group Facilitation Skills. Great Teacher. Passionate about Skiing, Mountains/ Weather/ Snow Pack. Incredibly Patient. Cool, Calm, and Collected.’
— — Fiona, Avalanche Skills Course
