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Toddlers to Teens: Medical Emergencies in the Backcountry

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Course Details

Sep 3, 2026 8:00 PM – Sep 3, 2026 9:00 PM Eastern | Live Online

1 Hour Online

Price: FREE

LISTING ID: W5000

Course Description

Overview

Emergency and wilderness medicine physician & pediatrician Dr. Terez Malka fills in parents, caregivers & trip leaders on crucial differences in first aid and emergency care for toddlers, tweens, and teens in backcountry, wilderness, and other remote settings.
TL;DR: Kids aren’t just miniature adults! In fact, some common emergency and wilderness first aid protocols that help adults can actually harm children and teens.

What You'll Learn

From head trauma to sprains, fractures, and more, you’ll learn:

  • Arguments for and against participation by kids in extreme adventures, from Everest to piloting planes
  • How to handle the most common children’s injuries and illnesses in backcountry or remote areas
  • Kids vs adults: treatment differences for trauma, sprains, fractures, intestinal illness, altitude, cold, heat, and much more
  • Myths, misconceptions, and outdated risk assessment, diagnostic & treatment protocols for kids
  • How the adolescent brain assesses risk & makes decisions in high-consequence settings
  • Unsafe for kids: common travel medications to avoid for toddlers, tweens, and teens.
  • The kid-ready first aid kit: must-have meds & supplies

Includes

  • Free replay link
  • Optional CE certificate for attendees who view 100% of the webinar - details below 

How to Pay for and Download Your CE Certificate

  1. Cost: $10
  2. To purchase your CE certificate, watch the entire webinar or replay.
  3. Then, purchase your certificate on-screen as soon as the webinar ends and download your certificate right away.

Meet Your Training Team

This course is offered by Survival Med.

Survival Med is a leading global provider of online & hybrid wilderness, austere & first aid certification & continuing education.

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