MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • May 9, 2021
Last summer, this hiker participated in a wilderness first-aid refresher course taught by Jon Tierney, mountain guide, outdoor educator and paramedic, and longtime instructor with Wilderness Medical Associates. WMA has been teaching practical medicine to all levels of outdoor users, non-professional and professional alike, since 1984. For two intense eight-hour days, Tierney gave brief lectures and then we went to work on a wide range of possible medical scenarios that hikers and backpackers can and do encounter out in the backcountry, starting each with the same standard approach – scene safety, primary survey, and secondary survey. ~ Carey Kish