Welcome to the BC EMS Program's Heat and Cold Stress Injuries/Illness online workshop presented by Linda Laskowski Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, NEA-BC, FAWM, FAAN, NREMT and Larry Jones BA, NREMT, FAWM of the Blue Mountain Ski Patrol.
This interactive virtual session covers the following objectives.
1. Recognize the manifestations of heat illness.
2. Describe key prehospital management considerations for each type of heat
illness discussed in this presentation.
3. Explain the prehospital management priorities for hypothermia.
4. Discuss the manifestations of frostbite.
5. Describe prevention strategies for heat- and cold-related illnesses and injuries.
This session has been approved by the Pennsylvania Bureau of EMS for two hours of CEUs.
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