Episode 150- Critical Care for going Deep with Justin Grisham

Justin Grisham is an emergency medical physician, wilderness medical expert, and search and rescue volunteer who wants to get our flying community better prepared for dealing with emergencies in the field. In this fascinating and note-worthy episode we brush up on some of  Justin’s free-flight first aid curriculum: medical decision making, common paragliding injuries (what you can fix, what you can’t), the primary assessment, secondary assessment, heat and cold injuries, the use of narcotics and pain medications for victims, drowning and water risk, wound care, tourniquets and securing a scene. Justin has built awesome youtube courses for each of these subjects and offers courses for our community so we can be better prepared for when things go wrong, as they unfortunately often do. Please listen, share with your flying community and reach out to Justin if you want to have him help you design an incident plan for your club or to help your club members get hands-on wilderness medical practice.

Show Notes:

Justin’s website: https://www.paraglidingfirstaid.com/

First Aid Kit list we discuss in the show and what Justin carries:

* CAT Tourniquet (be sure to get from a reputable manufacturer like North American Rescue. There are a lot of counterift ones on the market.

* Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA)

* Chest Seal

* Emergency Blanket

* Pressure Bandage

* 800mg Ibuprofen

* 1000mg Tylenol

* Link: https://www.paraglidingfirstaid.com/first-aid-supplies

Recommended courses:

Justin’s own: https://www.paraglidingfirstaid.com/s/shop

NOLS

Remote Medical Training

Wilderness Medicine of Utah

Clubs interested in either a course or help with designing an incident plan can contact Justin through the website. There’s a contact form on the bottom of the homepage.

Stuff we discuss in the show and associated courses Justin has made:

Pre-course Material (6hr)

Topic

Link

0.5hr

Medical Decision Making

https://youtu.be/U0GEH_9whuQ

0.5hr

Common Paragliding Injuries

https://youtu.be/K6Mr8Yb7yhg

0.5hr

The Primary Assessment

https://youtu.be/zcO7Z3vf7E0

https://youtu.be/QsC1AKLKKeA

0.5hr

The Secondary Assessment

https://youtu.be/sbuKwMceYv0

0.5hr

Emergency Evacuation Planning

https://youtu.be/zLCCVJedNSI

0.5hr

Heat Injury

https://youtu.be/1xy9Z4b67mM

0.5hr

Cold Injury

https://youtu.be/z5knXTb0x08

0.5hr

Allergic Reaction

https://youtu.be/Be91nEMw-B4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN83hen4D-Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbpmYuixMAg

0.5hr

Drowning

https://youtu.be/IZy2tfdpM_k

0.5hr

Wound Care

https://youtu.be/Q1_51sqxlMU

0.5hr