A Burrell School District geography teacher might have not won this year’s Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year award, but she’s still a proud educator who is held in high esteem by her colleagues. Ashlee Peters-Roberts, a teacher at Charles A. Huston Middle School, was named one of 12 finalists for
Emergency wilderness medicine courses popular By Eli Francovich, The Spokesman-Review
Published: May 23, 2021, 6:00am
Share: Alli Walker wraps a patient???s hand during a nine-day Wilderness First Responder course near Coeur d???Alene in March. (Eli Francovich/The Spokesman-Review/TNS)
SPOKANE Imagine, the cable snapped. The beam upon which five people stood 30 feet up hurtled to the ground. The taut metal’s explosive recoil ripped a man’s eye out, leaving him shocked and disoriented. The nearest ambulance? At least an hour away.
Now you’re on the scene. What do you do?
Or, you and a friend are backpacking and his stomach starts to hurt. The nearest town? One day’s hike.