NAU Conference / Flagstaff, Arizona
April 4 - 6, 2008

Nestled in the world's largest ponderosa pine forest at 7000 feet, Northern Arizona University is the host of this Advanced Wilderness Life Support certification conference. Nearby San Francisco Peaks and the Sedona Redrocks prove unsurpassed outdoor recreation and beauty. Optional mountain biking and hiking workshops will provide participants the opportunity to explore this unique area and earn additional CME credits. The NAU Outdoor Program brings you a weekend AWLS conference "to learns the skills to prevent medical problems, reduce suffering and save lives in non-traditional medical settings."

• Learn the latest practical hands-on wilderness medical skills for patient
  assessment, stabilization and evacuation.
  
  
• Practice your skills in live scenarios.
  
  
• Work with our expert faculty including Richard Ingebretsen, MD, PhD.
  
  
• Earn your AWLS certification.
  

• Obtain CME and Fellowship credits from the Wilderness Medical Society*
  
  The AWLS Program focuses on treatment of the most common injuries and
  illnesses encountered making the AWLS certification the standard in the
  medical industry for wilderness medicine. The course offers intensive practical skills teaching in addition to workshops that will concentrate on hiking, biking,rafting and climbing injuries. These workshops are designed
  to further refine your wilderness medicine skills.
  
  The conference is being held at the Dubois Center and NAU Forestry Building on the South Campus of NAU. The outdoor teaching will be conducted in the nearby forest.
  
  For more information visit
  www.home.nau.edu/outdoors/rescue_medicine.asp
  

  CONFERENCE GUIDE
  

*The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 17.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.