Today, Nov 02 marks a cooperative work smoothly done in the Wilderness Medicine community. This was done from start to finish over 90 days. It appears to be a easily modified living document compared to the Boy Scouts 16 hr WFA which states no change till 2014. Tod Schimelpfenig did the hard work of collecting ideas and coordinating this new standard of "Minimum Guidelines and Scope of Practice" for Wilderness First Aid (WFA). This consensus document involving seven leading wilderness teaching schools shows our willing to promote industry standards.

Just back from teaching a hunting guide course in the Rahaw Wilderness west of Ft Collins, Colorado -- saw moose and deer even though it is archery season. The colors in the Laramie river valley were just starting to turn. Stayed at a great guest ranch and enjoyed the weather. Took the long way with 80C back to Ft Collins- gorgeous!

We have been over busy here at WMO as I have taught 12 classes my self with other of WMO staff over the last 90 days.
Up coming WFR classes are Golden Colo OCT tue and thur evenings and Eastern Penn 9 days in two sessions Jan 2010

I just put together a comprehensive foreign travel kit for 30 + folks going to the Ukraine. What would you guess is the least thought of in prolonged transport care? You would be on the same page as me if you said Dental. Having traveled to 5 of the continents and many 2 and 3 world countries, the thought of dental emergencies is disturbing. Because of that we offer a short dental emergency course in our Wildness Advanced Life Support course. Still one needs the tools to give care. Here is a kit list you can copy and working with a good dentist learn to use.

One of our distance learning students just found and sent me this UK Medical Travel
site.
It is very impressive and appears very up to date.http://www.traveldoctor.co.uk/diseases.htm
Carls WMO Simple Travel Health guide lines
-Be wise, immunize
-Always drink purified bottled water or treat with
boiling, bleach or better yet chlorine dioxide
-If you must eat fruit wash it in bleach and peel it your own with washed hands
-Never eat fruit others have peeled for you

We are working on a new WMO course more on that latter and have just finished the majority of work.
We had a 35' Pine tree [75yrs?]with beetle killed that Patrick C and Bob W helped me cut down today -- It was tooo close to the shop building for comfort so It was a relief when it came down and missed the building..,inches :)