Presented by Anyone Not Ready

Sponsored by Northeast Colorado RETAC

• • 📅 Date: December 15–18, 2025
  • 🕗 Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • 📍 Location: Yuma City Ambulance, Yuma, Colorado

Overview

Austere Emergency Care (AEC) is an advanced, four-day training combining classroom, hands-on labs, and a full-day immersive scenario designed to prepare medical providers to manage critically ill or injured patients in resource-limited or remote settings. The curriculum integrates principles from Prolonged Field Care (PFC), Prolonged Casualty Care (PCC), and Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) guidelines, applying best practices for delivering high-level care when immediate evacuation or hospital access is not feasible.

Participants will engage in scenario-based learning, problem-solving with limited resources, and group decision-making under austere conditions. A final full-day casualty exercise (with role players/simulated patients) integrates all lessons from the week.

This offering will include two tracks (Basic / Advanced) to accommodate learners of differing experience levels, with many shared objectives and practicums.

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for:

• EMS professionals (EMTs, paramedics)
• Emergency department providers (nurses, physicians)
• Prehospital providers with responsibilities in rural, remote, or austere environments.
• Search & rescue, wilderness medicine, disaster response, and rescue teams.
• Others with prior clinical experience seeking to expand their capability in prolonged care settings.

Prerequisite: Familiarity with TECC / TCCC or equivalent baseline trauma care skills is strongly recommended.

Upon successful completion, participants receive a certificate and may be eligible for up to 40 continuing education credits (CE) (and FAWM credit for AEC-Advanced where applicable).

Course Logistics

• Dates: December 15–18, 2025 (4 full days)
• Location: Yuma, CO
• Class size: Maximum of 18 students
• Waiting list: Will be maintained for those unable to be accommodated.
• Pre-course requirement: Online pre-work / lessons and brief quiz (to be completed before arrival).
• Final evaluation: Online post-course test for certification.

Registration & Tuition Policy

We welcome registrations from any qualified provider, but priority placement will be given to EMS and ED providers from within the 9-county Northeast Colorado region.

• Regional participants (from the 9-county Northeast region):
  – Deposit: $100 (refundable upon completion of the course)
  – Tuition: No additional cost beyond deposit, upon fulfilling course attendance and requirements.
• External participants (outside the 9-county region):
  – Tuition: $1,000 (nonrefundable) Black Friday Special Coupon discounts price to $250! Use code ‘AECBlackFriday’ only until 12/1!
  – Full tuition due upon registration.

If a class slot is unavailable, external registrants will be placed on the waiting list and notified should a spot open.

Because of the limited class size, early registration is strongly encouraged.

Expectations & Preparation

• Participants should arrive ready to engage in both didactic and hands-on sessions.
• Bring your usual EMS / critical care gear (details provided in registration package).
• Expect physically and mentally intensive training, working under realistic stress conditions.
• Cold Weather Preparedness: December conditions in Yuma can be cold and unpredictable. Students must bring appropriate cold-weather clothing suitable for extended outdoor activity. Some sessions and the culminating scenario will take place outside for extended periods regardless of weather.
• Collaboration, mutual learning, and open exchange of experiences are core to this format.

Regional Accessibility

Hosting the Academy in Yuma ensures easy access for participants from across Northeast Colorado’s nine-county region.

NCRETAC is proud to sponsor this program, bringing world-class training to our local workforce and building stronger, more resilient emergency services across the plains and foothills.

Details

Registration & Contact

Reserve your seat today — this Academy fills up fast!

🔗 Register online:

📞 Call: (970) 580-2668