Last weekend, Dr. Sokolow took a wilderness first aid course on the UC Santa Cruz campus given by the Wilderness Medicine Institute of "NOLS" (National Outdoor Leadership School). The course is given in many venues around the country throughout the year to provide training for people who want to know how to take care of medical emergencies that may arise while in the great outdoors, far from emergency services. It was raining and hailing, so the group had some realistic practice sessions outdoors in the weather, in addition to the classroom! Dr. Sokolow is now certified in wilderness first aid!
Here's the doctor practicing how to splint a mock patient's broken arm with improvised materials:
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