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Go to Members HubThis isn't the CPD programme — it's the preparation that lets us skip the basics and get straight into the good stuff when we're in the field. Work through the relevant sections before your expedition. New material will be added in the lead-up to departure.
Background reading to work through before your expedition. This gives you the context and baseline knowledge to get the most out of the programme once we're in the field.
Pre-reading PDF — foundational concepts in non-technical skills and crew resource management
Pre-reading PDF — decision making, situational awareness and leadership in high-stakes environments
Pre-reading PDF — understanding complex adaptive systems and failure patterns
Pre-reading PDF — time-critical decision making and resource-limited clinical management
Free structured online avalanche awareness course covering terrain, snowpack, decision frameworks and companion rescue. Particularly recommended if you have only completed AST1, or it has been a number of years since your last avalanche education.
Click any module to open the full lecture. Each module contains 15 slides and awards 0.25 CPD hours on completion.
CRM, situational awareness, authority gradients, cognitive bias, and the avalanche lens.
AMS, HACE, HAPE — recognition, risk stratification, treatment and evacuation decisions at altitude.
Classification, assessment, cardiac risks, rewarming strategies, and the "not dead until warm and dead" protocol.
Pain assessment and analgesic options in resource-limited environments — from simple analgesia to opioid protocols.
Systematic scene assessment, hazard management, and safety protocols for wilderness and prehospital emergencies.
Salas Big Five, psychological safety, closed-loop communication, CRM, and why brilliant individuals make bad teams.
Field visual acuity, corneal abrasion, UV keratitis, globe rupture, chemical injuries, hyphema, HARH, and evacuation decisions.
Evacuation decision frameworks, wilderness spinal assessment, hypothermia packaging, improvised stretchers, and helicopter LZ preparation.
Survival curve, asphyxia vs hypothermia, organised rescue, resuscitation decisions, K+ threshold, and ECMO for hypothermic arrest. WMS 2024 guidelines.
Ice crystal pathophysiology, the thaw decision, rapid rewarming, blister management, iloprost, Cauchy scoring, tPA eligibility, and amputation timing.
Situational leadership, adaptive vs technical challenges, authority gradient, delegation, conflict, and followership on expedition teams.
Guide-culture risk frameworks, the probability × consequence matrix, dynamic reassessment, pre-commitment, and learning from near-misses.
Short knowledge checks following each learning module. A pass mark of 90% generates a CPD certificate.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
30-question MCQ. Complete the lecture first — quiz unlocks after the final slide.
This demo shows the quiz format. Real quizzes will appear here once content is published.
Q1. Which of the following is considered a non-technical skill in clinical practice?