Emergency Response in Adventure Therapy
Description
Program Development Series Module #5
When providing adventure therapy, a primary aspect of our duty of care is to respond effectively in emergency situations. This course provides an overview of a variety of considerations related to emergency response including provider training, pre-planning our response, rescue equipment, and communications. Developing infrastructure and relationships that support our response when things go wrong is an additional consideration that is covered to tie our response plan together!
Course Outline
- Duty of Care and Types of Emergencies
- Professional duty of care
- Types of emergencies
- Levels of emergencies
- Field Context and Emergency Response
- Understanding field context
- Medical training
- Clinical training
- Logistical support
- Staffing
- Communications
- Emergency Action Plans and Administrative Crisis Management
- Pre-trip risk management plans
- First aid kits and rescue equipment
- Interface with government agencies
- Field emergency action plans
- Lost person protocols
- Administrative crisis management plans
- Communications
About the instructor
23 Courses
436 students