Sacred Valley Health’s Responding to Medical Emergencies Training is an ideal experience for individuals or groups seeking to learn essential skills to respond in emergency situations occurring in remote locations, far from medical facilities or professionals. Our Community Health Workers and staff lead this training, teaching participants valuable hands-on wilderness medicine content while simultaneously sharing their experience living in remote communities. The training focuses on improvised solutions and local resources and is trilingual (Quechua-Spanish-English). This is a very hands-on program where every participant has the opportunity to observe and then practice the skills taught. This experience does not result in certification.

We will tailor this experience – offering anything from a half day experience exclusively in the office to a three-day training including local hiking with practice scenarios.

Course content includes:

Basic approach to emergency situations

Assessment, stabilization and transport of the injured individual

Fractures

Dealing with massive bleeding

Wound management

We can also arrange accomodation in homestays or hotels, on-the-ground transportation, a visit to Machu Picchu, other tours/excursions, visits to other local NGOs, language classes, dance classes, cooking classes, and other cultural experiences!