Kevin Grange


Kevin Grange

Kevin Grange is a critical care flight paramedic and also works as a firefighter paramedic with Jackson Hole Fire/EMS in Wyoming. He lectures frequently at medical conferences around the world, including the World Extreme Medicine Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland and the Ski and Mountain Trauma Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin is a former National Park Ranger and the award-winning author of Wild Rescues: A Paramedic's Extreme Adventures in Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton and Lights and Sirens: The Education of a Paramedic. In his free time, Kevin enjoys teaching for the Jackson Hole Outdoor Leadership Institute, skiing, surfing, and trail running with his wife Meaghan and golden retriever in the Tetons. Visit him at: www.kevingrange.com Please note: Kevin is friends with Axel Ernir Viðarsson who recommended this conference!

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On the morning of August 3, 2020, three hot air balloons got caught in a downdraft in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and crashed. More than 16 people were injured and scattered across a grassy field, desperate for EMS to arrive. Firefighter Paramedic Kevin Grange was one of the first responders on-scene and, in this informative and entertaining lecture, he details the lessons learned from that chaotic incident and offers up new, evidenced-based science behind Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI) that will change the way you think and act during a large-scale event. Grange will review new guidelines on patient triage, treatment and transport during a MCI, the revised trauma “diamond of death," the command and human performance lessons he learned during the chaotic incident and discuss the concepts behind setting up a “casualty collection point.” Whether you work as a wilderness physician, paramedic, in search and rescue or simply find yourself as a spectator at “soft target” like a music concert, ski area or national park where a MCI occurs, the result will be an educational and engaging presentation that is, unfortunately, applicable to everyone in this day and age.