This chapter from Outdoor Emergency Care: A Patroller's Guide to Medical Care (6th edition) outlines a comprehensive training module for Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) Technicians focused on adaptive athletes. The chapter emphasizes understanding various impairment categories—physical, intellectual/cognitive, and sensory—along with their specific challenges and common conditions like autonomic dysreflexia, amputations, and Down syndrome. A core purpose is to equip OEC technicians with the knowledge and skills for assessing, managing, and transporting injured or ill adaptive athletes, highlighting the importance of effective communication strategies and special considerations for their unique medical equipment and needs during rescue and evacuation scenarios, particularly from ski lifts.Adaptive athletesCommunication strategiesPatient assessmentManagement and transportImpairment categoriesKey Topics

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