How are residents involved?
With staff guidance, residents participate in all aspects of the rural/wilderness
SEKI EMS system. These include: continuing education of the Parkmedics (monthly
classes), continuous quality improvement, an annual refresher course, a special
biannual training course (see January course), and wilderness/EMS research. Interested
residents also have the opportunity to observe and participate in medical leadership
on a national level, as two of our faculty, Dr's Stroh and Shalit, serve as national
EMS Medical Advisors to the NPS.
Goals of the Parkmedic
program include the following:
- Upon graduation
residents will have the skills to direct any kind of EMS system
in the country. (Dr. Braude - class of 2000, is the state EMS Medical
Director for New Mexico)
- Residents will
build a working knowledge base in wilderness medicine.
- Residents will
have the opportunity to pursue personal areas of interest in wilderness
medicine/EMS
- Residents will
participate in a scholarly project/research of their choice.
HOWEVER, what would
an emergency medicine resident be with all work and no play??? Involved
residents have free access to the Park (only 45 minutes away) and
frequently enjoy various back-country activities including :
- back-country
snow surveys - one to seven day cross country ski tours with a
ranger surveying the snow pack in various areas
- Search and Rescue
training
- camping, climbing,
caving, hiking, snow-shoeing and more!
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