Large winter visitor population:
-Snowmachines up to 1000/day entering park
-Extreme weather 60
o
F not unusual
-Avalanche rescues
-Evacuation when all roads unplowed?
Water
-Lakes up to 473 ft deep
-Water
temp
never
over
55
o
F
-Drowning
leading
cause
of death in past 100 years
-Swiftwater,
boat,
scuba
expertise
required
Motor vehicular accidents
-Driver inattention
-Animal
travel
·
All this, and we haven't even talked MONEY yet....
Resources
-25
1
st
responders, 100 EMT's, 15 EMT-I's
- 9 ambulances, strategically placed
2 convert to oversnow, 1 set trax for 4wd
-AED
program
-Backcountry first aid kits
Increase training to:
-Bridge 1994 DOT training standards for EMT's
-Expand roles/responsibilities- 1stR, EMT and EMT-I
-Decrease traditional demands-make system reasonable AND safe
-Keep skills fresh-yearly endorsements, refreshers, quarterly AED/park
medic sessions
Protocols
-Rewritten to fit rural/backcountry and not city standards
-Chest
pain
-Epipens
-Asthma
inhalers
-NTG
and
ASA
-Spine
injury
clearance
-Dislocations
-Wound
care
Communications
-Physician
involvement
-All EMS calls involve communication with medical sponsor
Results
-More
confident
providers
-Under study
The benefits....
