The Nexfit Process Lens: A Conceptual Workflow for Trailside First Aid and Safety Decision-Making
Introduction: Why Traditional First Aid Fails in Wilderness ContextsIn my practice as a wilderness medicine educator since 2011, I've observed a critical gap between classroom first aid training and real-world trailside emergencies. Traditional approaches often treat wilderness scenarios as urban emergencies with delayed response times, missing the fundamental reality that resource constraints, environmental factors, and communication limitations create entirely different decision-making landsca