A college emergency medical technician (EMT) class that became a summer job led Christopher Davis to medical school and his current position as assistant professor of emergency medicine and the medical director of Altitude and Mountain Medicine Consultants. That summer job – working as an EMT for the Appalachian Mountain Club at a backcountry hut – was an inspiring exposure to medicine and wilderness care. One unforgettable moment was watching a doctor treating a patient at the hut who was in cardiac arrest. The doctor was having trouble adequately ventilating the patient. After several attempts, the doctor improvised – a key to wilderness medicine – by using his CamelBak to make an airway into the patient’s throat.
Plans for the center started coming together last summer, when UCCS Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak and newly elected Mayor John Suthers began meeting with a group of business, military,...
The clinic, called Healthcare Partners at Belleview Point, will operated entirely by nurse practitioners, not MDs. It’s a project of the College of Nursing at the University of Colorado Anschutz...