McKay Vowles is an Advanced EMT, well-seasoned Search and Rescue member, member of the Grand County EMS, a Patient Care Specialist at the University of Utah's Burn Center, and has served several combat tours for our country.

Heat related injuries (hypo and hyperthermia) is the number one killers to those venturing into the back-country.

You will learn signs and symptoms of each, along with practical, emergency treatments, that could very well save a life.

This is a photo of an injured hiker who got caught on the summit of Timp by the ice / darkness. Temperatures reached well below zero as rescuers ascended to their aid where they spent a cold night together in the summit shack.