(Music) >>Hello.
My name is Dr. David Naylor.
I'm a physician at the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Associate Director
of the infirmary at the Boy Scouts of America's Philmont Scout Ranch.
>>And I'm Bob Parker, Professor of Emergency Medical Science with the Johnson County Community
College EMS program.
>>Philmont Scout Ranch is the Boy Scouts of America's premier high adventure wilderness
facility, located in the mountains of Northern New Mexico.
It is also the world's largest camping and expedition operation.
Our medical school has partnered with Philmont for nearly six decades to provide medical
services for their ranch's 1,000-plus staff and approximately 24,000 summer participants.
Each summer, 24 fourth year medical students from the University of Kansas spend four weeks
living in base camp and staffing Philmont's infirmary.
Their duties include providing care to patients in an outpatient clinical setting, managing
inpatients in our 15-bed infirmary, and often providing care in the back country on search
and rescue operations.
Preparing medical students for this unique clinical environment has been a challenge.
>>Johnson County Community College has partnered with KU Medical Center and Philmont to develop
and carry out a wilderness simulation experience for these medical students.
JCCC utilizes a state-of-the-art simulation lab in their emergency medicine and nursing
training programs.
The experience of the faculty at Johnson County Community College in pre-hospital emergency
medicine and simulation allows the medical students to begin utilizing skills needed
to provide patient care independently in wilderness medicine situations.
>>Thank you for taking the time to learn about the partnership between the University of
Kansas Medical Center and Johnson County Community College.
And thank you for the faculty and staff of the Emergency Medical Sciences Program and
the Simulation Lab at Johnson County.
>>And I'd like to take just a moment to thank all the paramedic students and nursing students
that volunteer their time to help make our training weekend a success.
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