What happens when evacuation is delayed, resources are limited, and definitive care is hours or even days away?
In this webinar, Travis Kaufman joins World Extreme Medicine’s Eoin Walker to explore the realities of Prolonged Casualty Care (PCC) and the clinical, operational, and human challenges of caring for patients when evacuation is not immediately possible.
Drawing on more than 25 years of military, disaster response, and humanitarian experience across over 70 countries, Travis shares lessons from conflict zones, remote environments, disaster settings, and healthcare systems operating under extreme pressure.
The session explores how clinicians can move beyond the traditional “golden hour” mindset and adapt to providing sustained care over extended periods, often with limited personnel, equipment, and evacuation options.
Topics covered include:
• Principles of Prolonged Casualty Care (PCC)
• Clinical decision-making during delayed evacuation
• Triage and resource prioritisation in austere environments
• Managing infection, hypothermia, shock, and physiological decline over time
• Nursing care considerations during extended patient management
• Human factors including fatigue, leadership, communication, and cognitive load
• Lessons learned from Ukraine, disaster response, and remote medicine
• Practical approaches to preparing for prolonged care scenarios
Whether you work in expedition medicine, humanitarian response, emergency medicine, military healthcare, wilderness medicine, or disaster management, this session offers valuable insights into delivering care when help is not immediately available.
Discover the PCC Course in Partnership with The WEM Fund.