Are you ready for the unexpected? You come across a hiker bleeding seriously from a fall - could you stop the bleed? Could you help a person who was drowning, having a stroke, choking or having a life-threatening allergic reaction? Would you be calm and confident in your ability to respond to an emergency? Nicole Roma Thurrell of the Institute for Wild Med teaches us how to be prepared.

Find the Institute for Wilderness Medicine at www.wildmed.com

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Hosted by Denise Schwartz

Guest: Nicole Roma Thurrell

Edited by Bobby Falco-Killoran (A.K.A. DJ Vibe Wise)

Produced by Alex Audette

Recorded in the Teaching and Learning Innovation Center's Multimedia Studio at Greenfield Community College (MA)