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This page contains AHAH medical treatment guidelines and patient care tools. Treatment guidelines are instructions for how to handle specific medical conditions. For example, there are instructions for how to handle falls, sprained ankles, chest pain, and a whole bunch more. These guidelines were designed to support you in case you experience a medical incident on program. Make sure you are familiar with these documents so you know how to respond! Read on for more info on what resources are available and how we developed them.
While we have made these protocols available, please note that you are responsible to only provide treatments for which you are trained to provide. Do not act outside of your scope of practice, even if the treatment is included in these guidelines.
AHAH Medical Treatment Guidelines.pdfmedical treatment Guidelines
medical treatment Guidelines
This document will guide you through what to do for just about any medical condition. Ally burned her hand? We have guidelines for that. William has diarrhea? We have guidelines for that, too. The document also lets you know when you need to take someone to the doctor. Use these treatment guidelines as a resource for how to treat volunteers/staff who are experiencing any sort of medical problem, whether it's an illness or injury.
**This document is replacing the current first aid manual!
summary of medical evacuation protocols
summary of medical evacuation protocols
This document is just a summary of information covered in the Medical Treatment Guidelines document about how to know when someone needs to go to the hospital. We put it in this format so it would be easier to access this specific information. Look through the document for the problem your patient is experiencing (for example, stomach pain) and read about how to know when it's time to go to the doctor.
Summary of Evacuation Protocols - DRAFT (1).pdfSOAP Note Template.pdfpatient assessment form
patient assessment form
Taking notes on a patient's condition and what you have done to help them so far can be useful information if that person needs to go to the hospital. It will help doctors understand what is going on with the patient and decide on a course of treatment more quickly. This form should be submitted as a part of your incident report.
WHY these guidelines?
WHY these guidelines?
These treatment guidelines were developed by the National Outdoor Leadership School, a U.S. based organization which focuses on the development of leadership and wilderness medicine curriculum.
The term "wilderness medicine" refers to any situation in which medical care is needed at a location that is more than 30 minutes away from a definitive care (hospitals and the like).
These treatment protocols have been modified for AHAH with the permission of NOLS.
We chose to follow these protocols because of their organized, comprehensive nature, as well as their international recognition. They are made for people who are not medical professionals (doctors, nurses, etc). Because we often find ourselves working in remote areas, away from hospitals and doctors, this structure will be helpful for us when we need to provide medical care to any of our people!
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