Course curriculum

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    COURSE INFORMATION

    • Start Here!

    • Syllabus - Austere Trauma 2021

    • Open Office Hours - Dates & Links

  • 2

    Full Set of Austere Medicine (Trauma) PDF Supplementary Files

    • Austere Medicine Full PDF Set Zip File

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    Week 1

    • Welcome Video (Watch this First)

    • Week 1 Checklist of Videos and Handouts

    • Week 1, A & P Lesson #1 - Overview & Terms (Head and Neck)

    • Week 1, A & P Lesson #2 - Skull & Landmarks

    • Week 1, A & P Lesson #3 - Brain, Meninges & Injuries

    • Week 1, A & P Lesson #4 - Spinal Cord

    • Week 1, A & P Lesson #5 - Neck & Landmarks

    • Week 1, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1 - Overview of Course Concepts

    • Week 1, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2 - The Cellular Basis for Disease

    • Week 1, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3 - pH, Fluid Balance, Cellular Health

    • Slides for all Week 1 Dr. Pehrson Lectures

    • Week 1, Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) - Video #1: Herbal Basic Course Introduction

    • Week 1, Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) - Video #2: Herbal Preparations

    • Week 1, Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) - Video #3: Materia Medica 1

    • Week 1, Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) - Video #4: Vocabulary 1

    • Zip File of All Intro to Herbalism Slides, Week 1 (Sam Coffman)

    • Week 1, Herbal Wound Management (Sam Coffman) - Video #1: First Aid Concepts

    • Week 1, Herbal Wound Management (Sam Coffman) - Video #2: Demonstration of CSM Check

    • Wound Management Week 1 Slides (Sam Coffman)

    • Week 1 - Wound Physiology Overview (Dr. Steve Pehrson)

    • Week 1 - Wound Physiology Overview Slides

    • Live Q & A From 2018 Class (Q & A #1)

    • Orthodox Disaster Medicine Book List

    • Herbal Book List - Helpful Book Titles & Descriptions

    • Austere Medicine Book

    • Anatomy and Physiology Helpful Links

    • Week 1 Quiz

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    Week 2

    • Week 2 Checklist of Videos and Handouts

    • Week 2, A & P Lesson #1 - Jugular Veins

    • Week 2, A & P Lesson #2 - Dissection of the Neck

    • Week 2, A & P Lesson #3 - Airway Structures and Management

    • Week 2, A & P Lesson #4 - Needle Cricothyroidotomy

    • Week 2, A & P Lesson #5 - Surgical Cricothyroidotomy

    • Week 2, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1 - Intro to Shock, Fluids and Principles of Resuscitation

    • Week 2, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2 - Cardiovascular Mechanics

    • Week 2, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3: Shock (Definition/Explanation)

    • Week 2, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3: Shock (2)

    • Slides for Dr. Pehrson Shock and Fluids Lectures

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 2, Video #1: Herbal First Aid

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 2, Video #2: Materia Medica (Part 2)

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 2, Video #3: Vocabulary (Part 2)

    • Zip File of All Week 2 Intro to Herbalism Lecture Slides (PDF Format)

    • Week 2 Herbal Wound Management - Video #1: Infection Part 1

    • Week 2 Herbal Wound Management - Video #1: Infection Part 2

    • Week 2 Herbal Wound Management, Video #3 - Protocols and Plants

    • Week 2 Herbal Wound Management , Video #4 - Burns

    • Nervine Chart

    • Zip File of All Wound Management Week 2 Lecture Slides (PDF Format)

    • For Fun - How NOT to remove a bullet! :)

    • Week 2 Quiz

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    Week 3

    • Week 3 Checklist of Videos and Handouts

    • A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #1, Overview of Structures

    • A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #2, Dissection of Thoracic Cavity 1

    • A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #3, Dissection of Thoracic Cavity 2

    • Week 3, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1: Fluid Resuscitation (1)

    • Week 3, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2: Fluid Resuscitation (2)

    • Week 3, Dr. Pehrson Lecture Slides

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 3, Video #1: Gardening and Wildcrafting

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 3, Video #2: Materia Medica

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 3, Video #3: Vocabulary

    • Intro to Herbalism: Zip File of all Week 3 Lecture Slides (PDF Format)

    • Week 3 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #1: A & P of the Skin

    • Week 3 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #2: Overview of the Lymph and Immune System

    • Week 3 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #3: Stages of Wound Healing

    • Week 3 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #4: Wound Colors

    • Week 3, Sam Coffman - Wound Lecture Slides

    • Week 3 Quiz

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    Week 4

    • Week 4 Checklist of Videos and Handouts

    • A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #1, Dissection of Thoracic Cavity (3)

    • A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #2 A & P, Dissection of Thoracic Cavity (4)

    • A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #3, Musculature

    • A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #4, Needle Decompression

    • A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #5, Central Line

    • Week 4, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1: Blood Loss

    • Week 4, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2: Blood Volume Restoration

    • Week 4, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3: Blood Salvage and Blood Typing in the Field

    • Week 4 Dr. Steve Perhson Lecture Slides

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 4, Video #1: Related Topics

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 4, Video #2: Materia Medica (Part 4)

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 4, Video #2: Vocabulary (Part 4)

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 4: Zip File of All Week 4 Lecture Slides (PDF Format)

    • Week 4 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #1: Wound Closure Methods

    • Week 4 Sam Coffman Wound Management Lecture Slides (PDF Format)

    • Week 4 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #2: Wound Poulticing (This is the demo referred to in Week 1)

    • Top 25 Herbs to Consider for Post-Disaster

    • Podcasts - Sam Coffman (The Herbal Medic): Preparedness Topics

    • Week 4 Quiz

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    Week 5

    • Week 5 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts

    • A & P - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #1, Overview

    • A & P - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #2, GI Tract from start to finish

    • A & P - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #3, Organs of the Upper Quadrants

    • Week 5, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1: Transfusions & Tourniquet Conversions

    • Week 5, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2: Surgical Hemostasis

    • Week 5, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3: Pharmacology & Gear Overview

    • Week 5 All Dr. Pehrson Lecture Slides

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 5, Video #1: Clinical Herbalism

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 5, Video #2: Materia Medica (Part 5)

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 5, Video #3:: Vocabulary (Part 5)

    • Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Zip File of All Week 5 Lecture Slides (PDF Format)

    • Week 5 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #1: - Arterial Ulcers

    • Week 5 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #2:- Venous Ulcers

    • Week 5 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #3: - Diabetic Ulcers

    • Week 5 Wound Management - All Slides

    • Herbal Medic Field Manual

    • Week 5 Quiz

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    Week 6

    • Week Six - Round Table Audio Files (READ THIS FIRST)

    • Live Scenario, 2018: Round Table #1: Arterial Bleed, Open Fracture

    • Live Scenario, 2018: Round Table #2: Through-and-through GSW to the chest, closed fracture

    • Live Scenario, 2018: Round Table #3: Abdominal injury & Skull fracture

    • Live Scenario, 2018: Round Table #4: Arterial bleed, open & closed fractures

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    Week 7

    • Week 7 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts

    • A & P Week 7 - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #1, Organs of the Upper Quadrants 2

    • A & P Week 7 - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #2, Kidneys, Ureters

    • A & P Week 7- Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #3, Male and Female Reproductive Organs

    • Week 7 Wound Management (Steve Pehrson) Lecture #1: Suturing Techniques

    • Week 7 Wound Management (Steve Pehrson) Lecture #2: Surgical Instruments and Tools

    • Week 7 Wound Management (Steve Pehrson) Lecture #3: Wound Examples and Talk-Through

    • Week 7 Wound Management (Steve Pehrson) Lecture #4: Wound Examples Continued

    • Week 7 Slides (Steve Pehrson wound closure lectures)

    • Week 7 - Introduction to Herbalism (Sam Coffman): Full Course Review

    • Week 7 - Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Slides - Review and Final Lecture

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    Mid-Term Quiz

    • Mid-Term Quiz (Week 1 - 7)

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    Week 8

    • Week 8 Checklist of Videos and Handouts

    • A & P - Extremities: Video #1, Overview

    • A & P - Extremities: Video #2, Shoulder

    • A & P - Extremities: Video #3, Arms, IV access

    • A & P - Extremities: Video #4, Hands

    • Week 8, Lecture #1 (Steve Pehrson): Special Structures (Connective Tissues, Vessels, etc.)

    • Week 8, Lecture #2 (Steve Pehrson): Special Structures (cont'd), Special Tools

    • Week 8 Wound Repair (Steve Pehrson) Slides

    • Week 8, Herbal Wound Healing (Sam Coffman), Lecture #1 - Pressure Ulcers

    • Week 8, Herbal Wound Healing (Sam Coffman), Lecture #1 - Lymphatic Ulcers

    • Week 8, Herbal Wound Healing (Sam Coffman), Lecture #3 - Wound Tunneling

    • Week 8 Slides - Herbal Wound Healing (Sam Coffman)

    • Introduction to Bone Fractures, Herbs and Nutrition

    • Week 8 Quiz

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    Week 9

    • Week 9 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts

    • Week 9 A & P Lecture #1: Hip, Pelvis

    • Week 9 A & P Lecture #2: Knee

    • Week 9 A & P Lecture #3: Foot & Ankle

    • Week 9 A & P Lecture #4: Intraosseous Infusion

    • Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #1: Biofilms and Infection

    • Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #2: Herbs for Musculoskeletal Healing

    • Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #3: Herbs for Musculoskeletal Healing (part 2)

    • Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #4: - Case Studies

    • Week 9 Wound Healing - All Slides

    • Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #5: Herbal Materia Medica

    • Week 9 Audio File #1 (Steve Pehrson): Airway Management

    • Week 9 Audio File #2 (Steve Pehrson): Anesthesia

    • Week 9 Audio File #3 (Steve Pehrson): An Austere Appedectomy

    • Week 9 Quiz

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    Week 10

    • Week 10 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts

    • Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #1 (Steve Pehrson) - Overview of Pharmacology

    • Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #2 (Steve Pehrson) - The language and measurement system of pharmacology

    • Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #3 (Steve Pehrson) - LD50 and Toxicity

    • Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #4 (Steve Pehrson) - Dosing, Medication, Strength, Route, Schedule, Duration

    • Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #5 (Steve Pehrson) - Antimicrobials

    • Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #6 -Bacteria and Antibiotics

    • Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #7 - Antibiotic Strategies

    • Week 10, Lecture #8 - Empiric Treatment

    • Slides for all Pharmacology Lectures (Steve Pehrson)

    • Facebook Herbal Wound Case Study Audio

    • Facebook Herbal Wound Case Study Slides

    • Week 10 Quiz

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    Week 11

    • Week 11 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts

    • Intro to Medicinal Botany 1: Vascular Plants, Monocots, Dicots

    • Intro to Medicinal Botany 2: Leaf structures

    • Intro to Medicinal Botany 3: Leaf ID Review and Part 2

    • Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Pea Family

    • Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Mustard Family

    • Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Gentian Family

    • Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Sunflower Family

    • Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Mint Family

    • Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Barberry Family

    • Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Verbena Family

    • Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Parsley Family

    • Plant Family ID Practice

    • All Week 11 Slides

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    Week 12

    • Pharmacology & Viral Infections (Steve Pehrson)

    • Pharmacology and Fungal Infections (Steve Pehrson)

    • Pharmacology - Giardia & Pinworms (Steve Pehrson)

    • Pharmacology - Ectoparasites (Steve Pehrson)

    • Medical Infrastructure and Infectious Disease (Steve Pehrson)

    • Bites, Stings, Water & Vector Borne Disease (Sam Coffman)

    • Mosquito Prevention (Sam Coffman)

    • Tropical & Subtropical Disease: Chikungunya Virus (Sam Coffman)

    • Zika Virus, Dengue (Sam Coffman)

    • West Nile Virus (Sam Coffman)

    • Lyme Disease (Sam Coffman)

    • RMSF, Chagas Disease (Sam Coffman)

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    Final Exam

    • Final Exam