Pilot First Aid & Survival Course
Pilot First Aid & Survival Course
Open spots remaining: 0/25
The course is now full. Thank you for stopping. We will post some photos from the event and look forward to doing again next year!
-Jon
$25 registration fee to hold your spot (non-refundable)
$175 payable by cash or check on day of the course
As pilot in command, you exercise good aeronautical decision making before and during the flight, but could you provide life saving care to yourself and your passengers in the event of an unplanned and rough landing?
This course, taught by board-certified emergency medicine physicians and pilots Dr. Jon Solberg and Dr. Justin Reisenauer will cover identification and treatment of the following topics:
Life-threatening hemorrhage
Sucking chest wounds
Occluded airways
Cervical spine, head, and facial injuries
Fractures and dislocations
Burns
Wounds
Environmental considerations for the post-crash environment (preventing hypothermia, frostbite, and heat injury)
All participants will receive a deployment ready medical kit to stash in their aircraft.
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Kulm, ND (D03)
0900-1630
$25 to register (non-refundable)
$175 cash or check due on the day of the event (includes noon fish fry and first aid kit)
Fly your airplane to Kulm, North Dakota and land next to the water on a beautiful 2,800ft grass airstrip. Arrive the night prior, make camp under your wing, and socialize with other adventurous pilots. Spend the next morning and afternoon learning life saving wilderness medicine skills. . Drs Reisenauer and Solberg, both North Dakota pilots, have extensive experience treating life threatening injuries both in and out of the hospital, and are the lead instructors for the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Science’s wilderness medicine course.
*VFR weather is required at the nearest METAR (2D5) by 0800 on August 11. Registration fee is not refunded for inclement weather.
*Pilot in command of aircraft assumes all responsibility for landing.
*All aircraft are required to have VFR radio and announce landing intention on local CTAF
Instructors:
Jon Solberg, MD
Board certified, US Army trained, Emergency Medicine Physician
Combat deployment to Afghanistan as an emergency medicine doctor
Fellow, Academy of Wilderness Medicine
Diploma in Mountain Medicine
Instrument Rating, Taildragger and Ski Plane Pilot
Justin Reisenauer, MD
Board certified Emergency Medicine Physician
Certified Advanced Wilderness & Expedition Provider
Aviation Medical Examiner
Instrument & Commercial Ratings, Taildragger Pilot