FAC U LT Y IN ACT ION
INTO THE WILD
UND Department of Emergency Medicine hosts advanced wilderness life support training for medical students at Turtle River State Park On a rainy April weekend in eastern North
to respond to emergencies outside of the
Dakota, UND’s Department of Emergency
typical reach of the 911 service call area.
Medicine within UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) hosted its firstever Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) course for medical students at Turtle River State Park.
“Dr. Solberg and I share a passion for wilderness medicine and taught a Wilderness First Responder course a few years ago that was very well received,” said Reisenauer, an emergency medicine
From April 29 to May 1, Dr. Justin
physician certified in “wilderness and
Reisenauer, Dr. Jon Solberg, and several
expedition” care, after the event. “We saw
faculty members from the Department
an opportunity, with this training course,
managed the course, which involved
to provide the medical students hands-
hands-on workshops and lectures to
on medical training and application of
teach future medical professionals how
wilderness medicine knowledge that they
Left to right: Drs. Jon Solberg and Justin Reisenauer
“CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME?” SMHS medical students participating in the wilderness medicine elective get hands-on training in helping a colleague experiencing diabetic shock.
16 North Dakota Medicine | Summer 2022
