Learn about SAR topics from the experts

The Flight For Life® Colorado Search and Rescue (SAR) Planning Committee is pleased to present a Search and Rescue Conference on September 17-19, 2010.  The conference fees are $50 and will be held at the YMCA of the Rockies in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. We will kick off the event with a dinner, followed by a panel discussion and networking. For pricing please see the section Lodging and Accomodations. To register you will need a credit card in hand.

A faculty of the region’s leading SAR authorities has been assembled for this 2-1/2 day conference, discussing pertinent topics of interest to SAR personnel, ski patrols and EMS providers. Five skills stations will be offered with instruction and interactive discussions on the afternoon of September 18th.

Flight For Life® Colorado is proud to present our keynote speaker, Colin Grissom, MD, an expert in wilderness medicine. Dr. Grissom, was an instructor for the Colorado Outward Bound School, climbed in Alaska, Peru and the Himalayas at Dhaulagiri and Makalu. During his residency in internal medicine and critical care fellowship, Dr. Grissom spent 5 weeks each Spring from 1991-1998 with the National Park Service on Denali at the 14,000 ft. camp with the high altitude rescue team. He was invited by Black Diamond to help develop the AvaLung, which led to a 10-year research endeavor investigating the respiratory physiology and hypothermia mechanisms of avalanche burial, an area in which he has published. He has been the assistant medical director of Life Flight in Salt Lake City and helped develop a helicopter hoist rescue program.