Helicopter Operations

Tomorrow we will be meeting at the NM National Guard hanger in Santa Fe at 10am. Plan on leaving ABQ by 9 to make it to the hanger by 10. It looks like it will mostly be inside lectures and scenarios, but as always come prepared to be active.

Directions: Head out of ABQ on I-25 North. Get off on exit 599 (The Santa Fe relief route) and head West. You will come to Airport Rd./Paseo Real where you will make a Left. Then make your next Left onto Huey Rd. where there will be a security gate. Tell the guard that you are with UNM Wilderness Medicine and are traveling to the Guard Hanger. They will direct you to its location.

If you have any questions feel free to call: 505-249-0170

-Jason

Note: Click on "view larger map" below to see the correct arrow on HUEY RD, which is right of the arrow shown in the map below.

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Great Job in Taos!

Team, hope you all made it back and are loving the oxygen rich environment of Albuquerque. Sounds like the trip was worthwhile-can't wait to see more pix. We will begin our high angle SAR activity at the parking lot of Embudo Canyon, all the way up Indian School Road towards the foothills, at 0900 this Saturday 3/12. If you have helmets and harnesses(plus food/drink, not bourbon or moose backwash), bring these, and check the weather. By the way, no nav class tomorrow the 12th, looks like it will be on the 17th at Elena Gallegos Open Space-more to come later. Don't forget to see the trailer video below that won Joe Alcock the Oscar Awards for Best Wilderness Picture!
dario

Survival Weekend and Taos

The first week of wilderness medicine was awesome. I have managed to put you thru a rigorous bootcamp experience, and NONE of you complained-we as instructors are proud of you all! The survival weekend was wet, but we made the right decision on leaving early. The folks who went back for the truck with the locked keys inside told me the roads worsened, so we might have been skiing in the mud in Cabezon instead of Taos snow!
To change gears, it is time for a little mountain medicine this week. Hope that some of you can enjoy the resort before meeting at the Abominable Snowmansion Tuesday at 5pm. We will start our talks at 6p, then go to the Guadalajara Grill for a little mexicano foodo. To get to the hostel, take Interstate 25 north to Santa Fe: just before the town, take the Bypass ("599b") to avoid the stoplights, and continue on State Hwy 68 thru Espanola, and into Taos. About 9 miles north of Taos is a junction to either the ski valley (left), Questa/Red River, or Tres Piedras. Take Hwy 150 to the Taos Ski Valley. About 4 miles is Arroyo Seco; on a left hand side where a rather sharp curve is is the hostel. You go further to get to the resort. The Taos ski report is at http://www.skireport.com/newmexico/taos.
When we go to the yurt (2.1 miles from the Taos Ski parking lot, elev. about 11k feet), we will do the snow cave building (for those interested) and do journal club part 1. The next day (Thurs) are the workshops. Ski or snowshoe up is the best way to get up, and I hope to do a little backcountry turning Wed. afternoon. May you dry out, and get ready for another week of "educational excitement!"
Dario

Memory jogger-the 5 H's and 5 T's for pulseless electrical activity

Great first day-tomorrow will be bizy. Here is a memory jogger-have fun in ACLS!
HYPOXIA
HYDROGEN ion (acidosis)
HYPOVOLEMIA
HYPERKALEMIA
HYPOTHERMIA
TABLETS (drug overdose)
TAMPONADE-CARDIAC
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX
THROMBOSIS-CORONARY
THROMBOSIS-PULMONARY

Map of Domenici Center

Hi folks,
to get to the Domenici Center, go west on Lomas past the front of the Health Sciences Center, turn right on Yale till the roundabout and turn on the second right till you get to Tucker. Take a right on Tucker and park somewhere in the parking lot and follow the map, or ask where the Center is, or the bookstore. We will be in room 3010 at 0800-see you there! 505-553-5150
dario

Check out some video of the final exam last year taken by the TV show "New Mexico Wild." See the link below. Get psyched!

Jason

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uyFKoXFiUw

Sorry, I am out in Haiti

You may all be frantic about the upcoming wilderness med course. Fear not! You are all in good hands. Before leaving for Haiti, I posted a You Tube video on how to pack for an austere mission-maybe you will have your ideas on how to pack for New Mexico. I must say that I am comfortable with what I packed in the video-it really works! We will teach you how to do as well-remember, we not only teach this stuff, we live it!
Orevwa,
Dario