Philmont

1. Philmont Health Lodge Drivers – 2011 Jennifer Baalmann, Whitney Trusty, Marcus Hook, Tyler Keller and Nick Allen

2. Health Lodge Support Staff • What is Philmont? • The Health Lodge • The Job • Our Experience • What to Bring • Questions

3. Philmont • “Philmont Scout Ranch is the Boy Scouts of America’s largest national high-adventure base. Its 34 staffed camps and 55 trail camps provide an unforgettable adventure in the high country along hundreds of miles of rugged, rocky tails.” • Philmont hosted about 26,000 scouts over the summer of 2011 • The property stretches over 215 square miles

4. Philmont, New Mexico

5. The Tooth of Time

6. Cathedral Rock

7. Lover’s Leap

8. Cimarroncito Reservoir

9. Baldy Mountain

10. It’s awesome.

11. The Health Lodge

12. The Health Lodge • The health lodge is responsible for providing health care to all boy scouts during their trek as well as over 1000 BSA employees • Common chief complaints include musculoskeletal injuries, altitude sickness and gastroenteritis

13. What you can learn • Wilderness emergency medicine • Training and experience similar to an emergency medical technician or paramedic • Radio lingo • Hiking, backpacking and other outdoor skills • e.g., fly fishing and rock climbing • Invaluable experience for returning as a 4th year

14. Your Job – Health Lodge Driver • Radio dispatch • Emergency driver • Search and rescue • Backcountry taxi • Highway transport • First aid instructor • Night Shift

15. The Radio Room • Radio dispatch takes calls over the radio from staffed backcountry camps • The liaison between the patient and medic, you monitor the transport of patients to and from base camp and to various outside clinics and hospitals

16. Your Bosses Nate Lay Chief of Support Paramedic and WildlandFirefighter Christopher “Toph” White Chief Driver EMT Intermediate and Ski Patrolman

17. Radio Dispatch – 7am to 7pm • Emergency Driver – 7am to 7pm • Backcountry Taxi – 7am to 7pm • Over the Road – 24 hours • Day Backup – 7am to 7pm • Night Driver – 7pm to 7am • Night Dispatch – 7pm to 7am

18. Our Experience At the end of the training hike up the Tooth of Time

19. Easy going,fun loving bosses

20. The Medical Dormitory, MD

21. The only documented fossilized Tyrannosaurus Rex footprint

22. Hiking Baldy Mountain and bear safety

23. Hiking Mount Wheeler, tallest peak in New Mexico (13,161 ft)

24. Interesting Cases from 2011 • 30 foot rock climber fall • Dissecting aortic aneurysm • Myocardial infarction • Long QT syndrome • Lacerations, horse related injuries and other trauma • Threats of suicide • Anaphylaxis • Appendicitis • Heat stroke • Rattle snake bite • ~25 search and rescues

25. What you Need to Know What to Bring What to Expect • Hiking shoes • Something to read • Not a lot of clothes • Backpacking gear, tent, sleeping bag • These things can also be rented from Philmont • A unique emergency medicine experience • Wildlife and the outdoors • Fast paced working environment • 4 credit hours • Food, lodging and a paycheck

26. To be or not to be… • Do you have a clean driving record? • Do you have experience driving on dirt roads or in the mountains? • Do you play nicely with others? • Do you like being outdoors in the mountains? • Can you live in Philmont, New Mexico for the summer? • Do you have any interest in emergency medicine, family practice, pediatrics, orthopedics, sports medicine, or internal medicine?

27. Philmont Myths and Realities Myth Reality • Inconsistent 12 – 24 hour shifts, with both fast and slow paces • Your job is primarily physician and medic support, focusing on logistics, emergency medicine and transportation • Search and rescues • Predictable, 8 hour day, 5 days a week work schedule • Your job is primarily clinical with daily opportunities for procedures • Search and rescues

28. Questions? Health Lodge Drivers – 2011 Jennifer Baalmann, Whitney Trusty, Marcus Hook, Tyler Keller and Nick Allen

29. It’s awesome.