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| Global Medical Rescue Services Wilderness, Expedition, & Remote Medicine, Rescue, & Survival |
| "The WILL To DO, The SOUL To DARE!" - Sir Walter Scott |
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| Wilderness Medicine Expedition Medicine Remote Medicine International Medicine '3rd-4th-5th' World Medicine Austere Medicine |
THESE ARE ALL THE SAME THING, RIGHT?
Well, no, not really, although there are many similarities and the
knowledge-skills-experience you need to function in one may serve
you well in the others if you get the right knowledge-skills-
experiences!!!!! Lets take a look at the differences:
WILDERNESS MEDICINE is typically defined as medical care in a
setting hours away from assistance. Most of it takes place in the first
world, and is taught there as well.
It's not unusual for US or UK based wilderness medicine classes to
incorporate cell-phone contacts, helicopter evacuations, and 'carry
just to the road' solutions. Usually groups are small, logistics issues
are minimal, and there is little to no extended time frames of care.
EXPEDITION MEDICINE is typically defined as medical care in a
setting for days, or even a week or more. Most of it takes place in the
second or third world, open ocean, or at the poles. There is usually a
fairly large group, and the medical component is an important, but
never the most important, part of the expedition, which has it's own
goals and objectives.
Extended time frame care here is the norm, as is the need to
evacuate patients by carry or, if lucky, pack animal means for at least
several days before reaching help.
REMOTE, INTERNATIONAL, '3rd-4th-5th' WORLD, & AUSTERE
MEDICINE is typically defined as medical care in a setting for weeks
to indefinitely. Most of it takes place in remote clinics, bush hospitals,
refugee camps, and similar. Besides all of the acute injuries and
illnesses, chronic diseases, public health issues, and much more
comes into play.
GMRS, Ltd. specializes in teaching and doing all of the above - and
much more. We teach our programs globally, in the setting where it
will be used. Our philosophy is: 'REAL medicine in the REAL world.'
To be brutally honest our programs aren’t for everyone. We are
very selective of who we enroll... YOU have to have the right
MINDSET. None of our programs require more than an average
physical condition. We have taken amputees, diabetics, and cancer
survivors through our programs.
What matters is "The WILL To DO, The SOUL To DARE" and
nothing else but a team spirit and ability to follow instructions.
If you want a ‘course-in-a-can’ using 'death by slide projection;' if you
want decade-old dogma and the same old, tired US ‘wilderness
medicine’ teaching; if you want endless reasons why you can’t do
something in the real world - don’t look to us. There are a hundred
‘wilderness’ courses offered in the US & UK every year just like this
… knock yourself out.
The professional instructors and operators of Global Medical Rescue
Services, Ltd., are composed exclusively of former civilian expedition
and military special operations physicians - medical, allied health and
technical rescue instructors - and remote operational personnel; all
are dedicated to excellence in instruction, performance, and service.
In turn, we are highly selective of the clients that we offer our services
to, the students we accept, and the projects in which we participate.
The next page describes our medical training programs. Please
also see our expeditions pages for upcoming projects!
Do you have 'The WILL to DO, the SOUL to DARE?'
Then join us...
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| can't work well in a team... we DO NOT want you with us... |
| If you want to learn and do in the Central American jungle, the West Himalayas, at the edge of the Arctic Circle, or on a remote Caribbean island; if you want real tissue procedures labs, third world village clinics and bush hospital clinical time, learning a mile underground or three miles up K-2; real expedition training camps and locations… then join us... |
| FREE 628 Page Book: "A Short Course In Wilderness & Expedition Medicine Concepts" Request It Here! |
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