How are safety and medical issues addressed?
We are on a remote island and from a risk management perspective, consider ourselves to be in a wilderness setting. This means that we are more than one hour from a hospital and definitive medical care. Because of our wilderness setting, we try to minimize our visitors to risks without detracting for their research or courses. In addition, all staff are medically trained and at least one trained Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is on campus at all times. There is also a doctor on the island at a local clinic approximately 40 minutes away. In the event that an evacuation is required, we have a comprehensive protocol for air evacuation to either Nassau or Florida within several hours time. A realistic transport time, from the time a person becomes ill, to the time the patient is delivered to the emergency room, is approximately six hours. All Cape Eleuthera Institute staff are aware and trained about these protocols.
