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Wilderness First Response Course

Since the creation of “Mountain Happiness School and Huaraz – Suiza Peruana E.I.R.L mountaineering Tourism Company ” in 1998, our instructors and guides are memberships from several associations,  rescue and Mountain First Aid organizations, who have participate in  mountaineering rescue tourists.  We feel obliged to organize mountaineering course with the highest standard techniques and procedures, covering essential skills and knowledge needed  and required for individuals who are new to mountaineering or want to build a solid base of skills. Here’s a breakdown  for safe and successful mountaineering experiences.

GENERAL DETAILS

1.1.- Tile :  Wilderness First Response:  80 % Interactive. 20 % Virtual

1.2.- Organizer:  Mountain Happpiness (Huaraz – Suiza Peruana E.I.R.L ) Safety Rescue & Tourism Company

Mountaineering Specialist Guides Association from Perú (AGOEMA)

1.3-. Date :  2024

1.4.- Place:  AGOEMA Offices & Mountain Range of Huaraz, Perú.

1.5.-Towards: Mountaineers, Trekkers, Climbers, Outdoor. Doctors, Polices, Firemans.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The present course was made it for people who need to be trained on regulations, procedures, techniques and professional notions in wilderness first response necessary to response in a high Andean environment, either as a FIRST LINE and / or to groups specialized rescue

This training course provides all procedures and maneuvers

GOALS TO ACHIEVE
  • Prevent accidents and infections in mountains and wild areas.
  • Know and properly practice the orientation implements and techniques.
  • Know and use mountaineering equipment correctly.
  • Know how to response in wilderness situation.
  • Recognize the mountain geomorphology and its potential risks.
  • Obtain technical capacity in wilderness first response.
  • Make decisions in risk management.
  • Learn and put into practice mountaineering wilderness first response maneuvers.
  • Learn to identify the dangers and risks existing in turn control measures.
  • Awareness and Practice drills.
PHYSICAL LOCATION

This Course will be developed between Virtual in the company office and also Interactive in the environments of Cordillera Blanca, Huaraz Peru.

TEMARY
1. EXPEDITION LOGISTICAL
  • IPERC Matrix (Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Control)
  • Hypoxia of COVID Vs Hypoxia of Altitude Sickness
  • Oximeter or Pulsimeter?: Correct use of this technical tool, care, reading, deficiencies
  • First and Second Degree Hypothermias. Freezes.
  • How to dress yourself before going outdoor and what equipment to use PPE.
2. EXTRACTION OF THE WOUND

Rope chair, Sedan chair, Loaded, Dragging: Know and apply the different international methods to extract the injured from the red zones (Danger Zones and / or accident zones)

3. STABILIZATION OF THE WOUND
  • Pulmonary Edema and Cerebral Edema. Knowing how to recognize the symptoms and how to prevent them.
  • Epilepsy.
  • Heimlich maneuver. (jamming)
  • CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation in Covid-19 context)
4. IMMOBILIZATION OF THE WOUND
  • Fractures, Dislocations: Know and elaborate the Immobilization knots
  • External hemorrhages. The tourniquet
  • 1st and 2nd Degree Burns.
  • Correct Use of the FIRST AID Kit.
5. WOUNDED EVACUATION
  • Rescue Crevasses, cliff and confined sites. Know the techniques of muffle and pulleys in order to rescue a wounded person.
  • Self-rescue. Know how to get out from crevasses, cliff or confined places by yourself.
  • Immobilizing stretcher knot: Know, practice and make the latest international techniques in rescue stretchers.
  • Uses and improvisation of the rescue collar.
  • Move and put on the wounded to the stretcher.
  • Move and rescue techniques for the injured.
  • Wounded monitoring and checking.
  • Release: Aspects you have to considerate to leave the wounded to the corresponding entity (hospital)
  • Organize a strategy for an urgency or emergency event.
METHODOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES TO BE USED

VIRTUAL – INTERACTIVE: The methodology what we are going to use is basic on the active and participate role that student must play in the assimilation of concepts through their participation during the class under the supervision of the instructor all the time.For this, the following scheme will be followed:

  • Theoretical and practical explanation by the INSTRUCTOR with the fundamentals of the activity to be played by the group.
  • The instructor shows the technical and execute a procedure.
  • The student start to training and execute the procedure.
  • The instructor supervises and corrects the process by verbal reinforcement and suggestion for improvement.
ACCREDITATION AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
  • Dirección Regional de Salud DIRESA ANCASH. (Regional Health Directory)
  • Unidad de Salvamento de Alta Montaña USAM (High Mountain Rescue Unit)
  • Asociación de Guías Oficiales de Montaña del Perú – AGOMP (Official Mountain Guides of Peru Association)
  • Asociación de Guías Especializados en Montaña de Ancash – AGOEMA (Specialized Guides in Mountaineering of Ancash, Peru Association)
  • UGEL Ancash (Peruvian Ministry of Education)
OURS INSTRUCTORS
  • Specialized Guides in High Mountain and Wild Areas.
  • Doctors, Paramedics and / or Nurses Specialized in High Mountains and Wild Areas
  • SGSST Specialists in Wilderness Areas and High Mountain.
  • SSOMA Specialists in Wilderness Areas and High Mountain.
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