NURS 5401 Operational Readiness: Military Mountain Medicine (M3C)
This course supplements the "core" operational readiness content taught to all Graduate School of Nursing Advanced Practice students. Students completing the Military mountain medicine operational readiness elective, receive readiness content that is aligned with Federal and/or Military Health System needs and which expands their clinical skills. The opportunity teaches skills related to mountain rescue, low angle extraction from the face of a mountainy terrain, mountainside operations, field medicine, and first aid in an austere mountain environment along with generalized self-awareness of stressors associated with functioning in an austere environment. The M3C course provides attendees a robust knowledge base in the evaluation and treatment of injuries and illnesses encountered in austere, wilderness and mountain environments. It also provides the core of the requirements required for attainment of the prestigious International Diploma in Mountain Medicine. The course also provides instruction in technical mountaineering skills to enable students to travel safely during military operations or civilian rescue missions in mountainous terrain. The course is approximately 50% didactic and 50% hands on training. The hands-on instruction includes numerous patient care simulations in austere locations.