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Flight For Life Colorado Search and Rescue Conference 9/9-9/11
- Flight For Life Colorado Search and Rescue Conference
- Visit flightforlifecolorado.org home page to register
- 2016 Search & Rescue Conference Information
Details
Date: September 9-11, 2016
Location: Colorado Mountain College in Breckenridge, Colorado
Cost: $85 (Includes full conference, no daily rates offered)
CE: 15 CE for full course
Topic: Summer Rescue
Holiday Inn in Frisco
$79.99 + tax, per night
Please book online here or call Holiday Inn directly at 970-668-5000 and ask for the Flight For Life Colorado group rates.
| TOPIC | SPEAKER | |
| FRIDAY | ||
| 1030-1200 | Registration/Box Lunch Pick-Up (Provided) | |
| 1200 | Depart For Swan Mt. Lab location | |
| 1230-1630 | All Faculty | |
| TOPIC | SPEAKER | |
| SATURDAY: | ||
| 0700-0800 | Registration/Continental Breakfast (Provided) | |
| 0800-0855 | Rescuing the Rescuer | Dale Atkins |
| 0855-0950 | Rocky Mountain Weather Considerations | Jon Snook |
| 0950-1000 | Break – Snack Provided | |
| 1000-1100 | Personal Responsibility in the SAR Environment | Phil Powers |
| 1100-1200 | BLS Care of the Traumatic Brain Injury | Dr Jeremy DeWall |
| 1200-1300 | Lunch – Provided | |
| 1300-1345 | Hands On Station I – ALS & BLS Airway Lab | Conference Faculty |
| 1345-1430 | Station II – Pelvic Trauma | Conference Faculty |
| 1430-1515 | Station III – Hemorrhage Control | Conference Faculty |
| 1515-1600 | Station VI – Helicopter Safety | Flight For Life LG2 Crew |
| 1600-1630 | Wrap-Up/Over-run/catch-up | |
| 1600-1700 | Optional lift-ticket/Avi Deployment Punch | Flight For Life LG2 Crew |
| TOPIC | SPEAKER | |
| SUNDAY | ||
| 800 | Breakfast – Provided | |
| 845 | Depart For Swan Mt. Lab location | |
| 0900 – 1300 | Final Scenario | Conference Faculty |
| 1315 | Return to CMC for Lunch (provided) and wrap-up |
Technical Equipment:
Please bring the gear that you would take along on a back-country rescue or a long hike. As this is Colorado, please plan for any weather scenario. Be sure to include your own personal water bottle (water will be provided at CMC).
Transportation
Friday’s outdoor lab and Sunday’s final scenario will be held at a site on Swam Mountain Road. Please plan to provide your own transportation to and from this location. There will, however, be transportation available if you are unable to do so.
Food
Your registration fee covers lunch on Friday, as well as breakfast, lunch, and snacks on Saturday and Sunday.
Receptions
Friday, 9/9: There will be a no-host networking reception at the Sporting News Grill, located in the Holiday Inn, on Friday night beginning at 6 p.m.
Saturday, 9/10: Flight For Life Colorado will host a reception at the Back Country Brewery – 720Main St, Frisco – on beginning at 6 p.m. Dinner will be provided, and a cash bar will be available.
Thank you to our 2016 Search and Rescue Conference Sponsors
