2024 Wilderness Risk Management Conference

Traditional Chinese Medicine includes 8 parts: meditation, exercise, diet, cosmology, feng shui, bodywork, herbal medicine, and acupuncture. The more commonly known parts are acupuncture (needles) and plant medicine. As a Chinese Medicine Practitioner as well as a NOLS Wilderness First Responder, PSAR with the NPS, climber and hiker with special training in Trauma Medicine, I created a TCM Field Kit that I want to share during this workshop. Often times while responders wait for assistance we are handling mental trauma, shock, pain, bleeding and things that acupuncture and herbs are very good at treating. Learning how Eastern and Western Medicine compliment each other can enhance the healing process for the injured person during and after the medical response. The objectives of this workshop are to: learn points that are used for resuscitation, shock, bleeding, digestion, pain, blood pressure, bone and soft tissue swelling and more. Learn what herbs can be added to your FA kit to stop bleeding. Learn Battlefield and NADA Protocols using ear seeds to stop pain. And breathing to calm the spirit before, during and after any medical emergency for the patient and the responder by improving health and reducing risk.