carl@wildernessmedicine.com EXPERT WITNESS and RISK MANAGEMENT in the fields of;
Archery, Appraisals, Camps, Camp Skills, Equine, Guiding, General Aviation, Livestock, Horses, Hunting, Outdoor Recreation, Ranching – both guest and working, Resorts, Rope courses, Rock Climbing – gyms and out of doors, Shooting Sports, Schools, Water sports, Wilderness Medicine, Emergency Medical Service
Carl Weil has earned many credentials helpful to his 40+ years of expert witness work. He earned the first Master Fellow degree i of the 4,000 member Wilderness Medical Society. This degree helps him with depth of understanding in much of the recreational industry
His years of public speaking and clean cut western appearance help him when taking the stand to testify. He has reviewed over 3,000 outdoor businesses in the US, Canada and abroad as a risk manager. Lawyers find his honesty and clarity an asset on their cases. He has worked on more than 300 cases as an expert. He grew up on a family ranch in the Colorado Mountains and is a third generation guide. Public presentations in safety are frequent. He has a list of peer reviewed and non peer reviewed publications which follows. His unique monograph presentation on levels of outdoor liability and responsibility before the Wilderness Education Association was positively received. Scholastically he has undergraduate degrees and many hours of on going graduate work. He has been accepted as an expert witness in civil and criminal cases. He has worked on cases from coast to coast as well as out of the USA. Often he can review a case and offer an opinion without travel expense. He offers a free initial review.
EDUCATION
Various schools taught at, academic study and – Master Fellow Degree research, articles published, paper written and Academy of Wilderness Medicine
reviewed by seven member doctorate committee
Various schools attended to earn – – Wilderness Medical Society Denali Education Award
Various schools attended to earn – “Fellow”, degree
Academy of Wilderness Medicine
University of Northern Colo – Greeley, CO Graduate Courses
University of Denver – Denver, CO Risk Management, Business
Arapahoe Community College – Littleton, CO -Emergency Medical Services
Colorado State University – Ft. Collins, CO -B. S., Social Science, Economics, Agriculture, Industrial Arts
Colorado Mesa University – Grand Junction, CO -Associate of Arts
Chapman College- Orange, CA -Liberal Arts
Archery
1. started shooting archery.in grade school
2. took mechanical classes applicable to archery at
Colorado State University.
3. Attended California held Olympic archery competition as a spectator.
4. Has private archery course with 3 D targets.
5. Instructs private archery lessons.
6. Case topics include:
3D range safety-researched all US archery major organization rules.
Archery tree stand harness-researched harness manufactures methods and similar products.
Face injury blamed on bow design case.
Consulted on several cross bow case.
Appropriateness of children on range – response came from position of public school official, parent, youth archery instructor, youth program manager, and researching major organization rules.
Carbon fiber arrow failure – manufacture or user cause, various cases.
Mr. Weil has extensive experience with carbon fiber arrow personal injury cases of different manufacturers including investigating way arrows are used as well as care given to them. Mr. Weil has been able to determine through his investigative questions as well as inspection methods of arrows, bow and targets possible reasons of failure. He has pioneered testing with engineering laboratories. His strong mechanical background which includes Gunsmithing, gives him a wide prospective that other archery experts may lack.
He has handled product liability cases including hunting tree stand equipment, bow design including compound and cross bows as well as arrows.
His familiarity with safe archery practices gives counsel the opportunity to find deviation from good risk management procedures. This familiarity is based on both extensive research and first hand experience over 40 plus years as well as archery practices in and out of the USA. Most noticeably he has competed in the Himalayas in the kingdom of Bhutan where archery is the national sport. His personal archery experience dates back to his first long bow in the 1950s. He has case work in many states including Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia, Missouri, Texas and Ohio
He has experience running and using archery ranges. This extends from the Olympics to competitive 3D to camp archery facilities. He has advised in cases in most of these areas including instruction and children on archery courses.
Equine
begin ridding.as child
begin competing gymkhana events.
1958 begin instruction Western riding.
1968 graduated from Colorado State University with a specialty in Agriculture Economics.
1970 Worked with first of approximately 20 insurance companies on Equine Insurance.
1976 begin equine appraisal work.
Involved in the formation Of the US Dressage federation.
1984 worked in Equestrian events at US Olympics.
1984-1996 worked numerous horse shows as a medic.
1986 taught Equine liability at Colorado State University.
Case topics include:
Liability issues re care custody and control of Equine.
Horse valuation cases.
Guided trail ride liability cases.
Equine Insurance issues.
Mr. Weil was born on a horse Calvary post. He started ridding at the age of three and has been involved in most every aspect of the Western and English horse world. He is experienced with all aspects of horse insurance as well as practical skills from vet work (having attended classes at Colorado State University) to farriering (having been taught by a 10Th Mountain Army farrier). He has worked with horses and mules on the range, in the arena, driving, ridding, and showing as well as with appraisals. He has designed safety liability programs as well as property insurance programs for over a dozen insurance companies.
He has written articles in several horse magazines as well as having been quoted in magazine and book articles in the safety and risk management field. He has been a medic at numerous horse shows on local and national levels. He has done risk management reviews of hundreds of business in this field. He developed both forms and safety guidelines in this field.
Livestock
Born on horse Cavalry post WWII.
hildhood was raised on and lived on cattle ranches with registered horse breeding operations.
At Colorado State University.took agricultural classes
Raised numerous national cattle champions.
Worked on various (Sand hills, South park, Elbert county, Walsenburg, Jefferson county,
Mesa County,) cattle ranches in Nebraska and Colorado.
Case topics include:
Liability issues regarding livestock [bovine, sheep, pigs, bison, horses] with various guest and operational ranch cases.
Liability issues regarding fencing issues and animal containment.
Injuries aspects from animals, including bull attack.
Valuations, including lots and individuals horses.
Ranching practices.
Safety lay out of design operations.
Mr. Weil was raised on family ranches in Nebraska and Colorado prior to having his own ranch raising a national championship herd of Scotch Highland Cattle. He received a Bachelor of Science from the State Agriculture School at Colorado State University. With his Universality training and his decades of practical ranch experience he has been helpful to many cases in this field. He has knowledge of a broad number of aspects from fencing to ranching economics. He has done risk management reviews of many ranches. He developed both forms and safety guidelines in this field.
Guiding: camping/hunting/fishing/shooting sports
3rd generation guide.
Worked as: horse, hiking, hunting and mountaineering guide.
Inspected hundreds of guide operations.
Case topics include:
Hiking guide at youth program involving youth death.
Fishing guides, including client death.
Remote camps, including medic with youth death.
Hunting camps, including fractured femur care.
Qualified as Firearms Expert in Colorado criminal case
● Experienced with hunting cases involving accidents and death
As a third generation guide Mr. Weil has familiarity with fishing, hunting and sightseeing having experience from Alaska thru The Rockies to the great lakes. He has experience with scenic tourism from private carrier, watercraft, hiking, rail and aerial.
He has done risk management reviews of hundreds of business in this field. He has designed safety liability programs as well as property insurance programs for over a dozen insurance companies.
He is familiar with guided hunts as well as drop camp hunts by horse, foot as well as recreational vehicles. He is a current NRA instructor having received his first certificate as NRA instructor following CSU graduation. He was a competitive national marksman in the USMC as well as club and collegiate competition. He has been a worker, range master as well as instructor on civilian and military ranges.
Mr. Weil has worked with camps since his early child hood. These camp experiences include military, religious, organizational, youth as well as adult camps. His first job after obtaining his second collage degree was directing the Colorado State 4H camp.
He has done risk management for hundreds of camps and guest ranches from east coast to west coast. He has worked common operations such as livery stables as well as the unusual, such as cattle drives and wagon trains.
He has worked with small guest ranches as well as larger both generalized and specialty. He has designed safety liability programs as well as property insurance programs for over a dozen insurance companies.
Rock Climbing / Climbing Gyms / Mountaineering
Climbing for decades.
Taught climbing in Boulder Colorado for four years
Climbed on four continents.
Guided on four continents.
Climber over two dozen 14,000 ‘mts and several taller in the Himalayans and Mexico.
Provided planning for numerous groups doing mountains.
Case topics include:
School climbs and trips, including student death on 14,000’s.
Climbing gear law suits.
Belaying accidents in and out of climbing gyms.
Ice climbing death.
Morbidity on mountaineering trips, guided and unguided.
Mr. Weil started solo trips in the mountains when he was in grade school. He has covered mountains of the US coast to coast on both foot and horse back. He has been a team member in 2 Everest expeditions.
He has traveled to and on mountains in USA, Mexico, Asia, New Zealand as well as Europe. He has also guided in these areas. From 1988 to 2001 he was a professional member of the American Mountains guides Association as well as the organizations Risk manager. He has been a safety speaker on numerous occasions. He has taught mountaineering as well as rock climbing and Leave No Trace Trainer programs. He holds a Master of Leave No Trace. His training has included many professional courses such as a nine day roped rescue course from AMSAR, the historical rope rescue leader for whom he was risk manager for 14 years. He took a graduate school class in rope and challenge courses to have better understanding of this sub field. As a Marine he in earlier days worked out on what today are fitness skill or challenge course or obstacle courses at Camp Pendleton, Parris Island and Quantico .
He started probably the first insurance program to insure rock climbing gyms and mountaineering . He worked with the first climbing gyms and provided forms to the industry. He was an American Alpine Club member at the founding meeting of one of today’s climbing groups the Access Fund. He was an early member of the Outdoor Recreation Collation of America and The Climbing wall Group (CGA) which later became the Climbing Wall Association (CWA) He then developed Mountaineering insurance and guiding programs. He has done underwriting, risk management and program development for 11 insurance companies. He developed both forms and safety guidelines in this field. Many of the professional groups still use his work product.
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Having started teaching in 1967 after taking all the associated university class in that field he remains still in the class room as well as in the protocol management field. He has been an EMT Training Director since mid 1990s and is still an NREMT training Director. He has taken various university classes in biological sciences and has a 40 plus year career in emergency medicine services having taught his first wilderness medicine class at Colorado State University . He took his first EMT course after graduating and continues to work in the emergency pre hospital care field. He has the experience of work over 3 decades at Denver General Hospital and many other hospitals as well. He started the Elizabeth Colorado Ambulance company with a personal loan. The Elizabeth Ambulance went on to become a part the Elizabeth Fire district. He had the opportunity to work on several ambulance companies as well as starting the second EMS council in the state of Colorado. He has trained numerous rescue, fire department, military EMS and ambulance company personal for the past decades.
He has written numerous training documents and risk management protocols. He has run a Wilderness Advanced Life Support Course for many years which includes a cadaver lab that he directs. He has taught classes to many physicians. His teaching venues include colleges, universities, clinics, seminars and medical schools during the last decade. He has done consultation and education work for pharmaceutical companies. He was the first non physician to earn a Fellowship degree from the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. He is the first of 4,000 WMS members to earn the Master degree of Wilderness Medicine(alpha designation).
He had the unusual experience to have spent over 10 years as consultant to the largest EMT insurer who also insured ambulances that he consulted on.
ROCK CLIMBING GYMS/MOUNTAINEERING / OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE /CAMPS / GUIDING / CLIMBING
Case topics include:
Climbing wall falls.
Mountaineering accidents and medical cases
Climbing gear issues.
Belaying accidents in and out of climbing gyms.
Auto belay problems.
Morbidity on mountaineering trips, guided and unguided.
Guided Colorado wilderness client trips.
Public presentations:
-Presenter of original liability paper at two WEA national conference
-Instructor, EMS Wilderness Medicine Seminar, Tamaron, Colorado.
-Instructor, Wilderness Medicine Seminar Colorado State Annual EMS Conference.
-Speaker, Wilderness Medicine US Army Conference, ICOR, Colorado Springs, CO.
-Hired to do safety inspections Eastern Canada Rafting companies.
-Speaker, Outdoor Risk management and safety and wilderness medicine AAHPRED
National Meeting.
Became intermediate rock climbing instructor Boulder Mountaineering School,
-Speaker, Outdoor Risk management and safety before UIAA Board
-Speaker, Outdoor Risk management and safety, International Travel and Adventure
Show, Chicago, IL
Designated as instructor of wilderness Medicine National Associations Search and
Rescue (NASAR)
-Personal Trek Iceland 3 weeks
-Support Trek leader, Environment Control Designee 1991 American Everest Expedition
Led 2 peaks: Kalapatar 18,400’ and Pecualde 19,100’
Led private trips, Popo Mexico, 19,100’
-Became assistant instructor Boulder Mountaineering School, CMC, Boulder, CO
-In first advanced rock climbing course, Boulder Mountaineering School, Boulder, CO
-Panelist fourth Mountain Summit Conference- Sundance, Utah
-Developed mountaineering first aid course –
-Appointed American Mountain Guides Safety Chairman
-Staff member in charge of supplies, gear and logistics, backup medic, Everest
Environmental Expedition
-Speaker, panelist 3rd Mountain Summit Conference
– Developed underwriting guide lines for indoor gym climbing walls which became used by several insurance companies first under the Risk Retention act
18 yrs professional guide member AMGA
-Completed National Ski Patrol three day avalanche course
-Paid guide (expenses), Instate Outings, Colorado MT Club
-Graduated Basic Mountaineering School CMC, Boulder, CO
-Graduated Wilderness EMT course thru NASAR
Staff member, board member, risk management advisor, medical person, and guide for
White Mesa Institute and outdoor education program through the College of Eastern Utah
-Started White Mesa Supply & Outfitters which became Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
-Started teaching specialized first aid / pre hospital care of my own program design
-Took first EMT class Colorado Dept of Health
-Took many personal outdoor trips including climbing as a leader and assistant leader.
Summited several 14,000’ peaks
Co-directed Western Colorado Girl Scout Camp
-Director Colorado State 4H Youth Camp. Started teaching back country care at CSU
-Born on US Horse Cavalry post and grew up on working cattle and horse ranches with
family guide and outfitting business
CERTIFICATIONS, CREDENTIALS or LICENSES EARNED
Radio operator 3rd class, former
Commercial pilot SEL, MEL, BAH / WOABH
Emergency Medical Responder NREMT – current
Emergency Medical Technician Wilderness I/C IV/MAST, former
Two Honorable Discharges, USMC
Rifle & Pistol Instructor, NRA
Certified Insurance Counselor conferred by examination
Insurance, Surplus Lines Broker, former
Colorado Real-estate Agent, former
National ski patrol Instructor / Trainer, former
State of Colorado First Responder Examiner, former
State of Colorado First Responder School Director, Current
State of Colorado EMT Training center Director, Current
National Registry NREMT Training center Director, Current
Master of Leave No Trace
Fellow of Wilderness Medicine Academy of Wilderness Medicine
Master Fellow of Wilderness Medicine Academy of Wilderness Medicine
ASSOCIATIONS Member, Volunteer, Consultant, or Speaker (M, V, C, or S)
Outdoor:
American Alpine Club (M, S, and C0
Access Fund (M, S, C)
Adirondack Mountain Club (M)
Appalachian Mountain Club (M)
American Mountain Guides Assoc. (past M Professional, C, S)
Boulder Mountaineering School (M, V)
Colorado Mountain Club (M, C, S)
Mountain Summit Conferences (C, S)
National Sports Paddle Association (C)
Seattle Mountaineers (C)
White Mesa Institute/College of Eastern Utah (V, C)
Wilderness Medicine Outfitters (C, S, M)
Wilderness Medical Society (V, C, S, M)
UIAA (S)
Equine:
American Quarter Horse Assoc. (C)
Colorado Arabian horse Club (C, S)
Colorado Horse Rescue (C, S)
High Plains Dressage Chapter (M, C, V, S)
Mountain States Combined Training Association (M, C, V, S)
Mountain Region Endurance Riders (S)
Morgan Horse Club (C)
National Sports Saddle Association (V)
Parker/Elizabeth Riding Club (M, S)
Pony Clubs of America (C)
Tennessee walking horse Association of Colorado (M, C, V, S)
United States Dressage Association (M, C, S, V)
United States Combined Training Association (M, C, V, S)
United States Olympic Association (V)
PREHOSPITAL and EMS CARE / EDUCATION
Case topics include:
Guides medical competency.
Appropriate physicians and EMS personnel actions.
Morbidity on mountaineering trips, guided and unguided.
One of the founding members of Search And Rescue, Evergreen, Colorado
American Legion Search and Rescue in highschool
Colorado State University
20 semester hrs. Under graduate and graduate level nutrition classes
16 semester hrs. Physiology and veterinarian classes
12 semester hrs. Athletic trainer classes
EMT course taken sfter moving to Elizabeth , CO
High School Teacher
Four year term School Board
CPR AHA Instructor
First president Elbert County EMS Council
Founder and first president Elizabeth Ambulance Company
National Association for Search & Rescue – Wilderness EMT
Instructor CO State University
Nat. Association for Search & Rescue – Wilderness EMT instructor
Nat. Association for Search & Rescue – Senior Facility
Credentialed in Basic Trauma Life Support
State of Colorado Instructor Coordinator
Instructor Colorado Mt College
CPR AHA Instructor Trainer
Instructor Pikes Peak Community College
Instructor Colorado College
Instructor Adams State College
Instructor Naropa College
Instructor USMC
Instructor Univ. of Minn.
Instructor Red Rocks College
Instructor Dodge Community College
ECSI CPR Instructor Trainer
Instructor Aurora Community College
Earned Fellow Degree, Academy of Wilderness Medicine
Master Degree, Academy of Wilderness Medicine, 1st alpha designee
SPECIAL EXPERIENCE
Developed and directs wilderness school specializing in wilderness medical training.
Employed as risk management safety consultant in climbing and guiding endeavors.
Employed as expert witness in outdoor and equine cases.
Mountaineering – guiding, instruction, trips, and activities.
Staff member at 1984 Olympic Equestrian Events & numerous horse events.
Raised on a working cattle ranch with outfitting business.
Worked in livery, outfitting, boarding, training, instruction and shoeing.
SAFETY/INSURANCE PROGRAM DESIGN Rated, designed safety standards, wrote underwriting, did program development for:
Empire Fire and Marine Outfitter & Guide/Mountaineering/Climbing
TIG Insurance Co. “ “ “
Transamerica Insurance Co. “ “ “
Victoria Insurance “ “ “
American Trust Insurance “ “ “
Universal Security Insurance Co. “ “ “
Phoenix Insurance Enterprises “ “ “
United States Equine Business Federation Horse insurance
Consulted on and or did program development for:
Foremost Insurance Horse mortality
National Sports Paddle Association Water craft insurance and standards
Colorado Western Insurance Outfitter & Guide/Mountaineering
Federal and state parks Guided trail ride and rock climbing safety standards
Climbing wall industry Belaying systems, acknowledgments and flooring
SIGNIFICANT DATES
Received Denali Education award , Wilderness Medical Society
Earned “Master Fellow” degree, Academy of Wilderness Medicine,
Completed Utah Dept of Public Safety Firearms Instructor Training Course
Received “Fellow” degree, Academy of Wilderness Medicine, Wilderness Medical Society
trained Colorado USMC Company prior to deployment to Iraq
Qualified as “Fellow”, Academy of Wilderness Medicine, Wilderness Medical Society
Trained USMC Mountain Warfare Instructors
WMO became first wilderness medicine training center to be approved by state of Colorado as well as numerous other agencies.
Underwriting consultant to large Canadian recreational insurance brokerage.
This brokerage specialized in White Water and their Hiring Mr. Weil represented A culmination of years of water safety work with white water and canoe companies, recreational water associations and insurance companies water programs.
Sold bulk of insurance agency to K&K, Ft. Wayne, IN.
Selected as program developer, manager for Transamerica for equine and outfitter.
liability. Designed first mountaineering rescue insurance for American Alpine Club.
-Designed first Access Fund climbing insurance.
-Appointed risk manager for AMGA.
-Carl Weil Insurance Agency exceeds $1,000,000 in volume.
-Licensed in numerous states as agent or broker including the hardest, California which
required $50,000 bond and in Colorado as surplus lines agent.
-Wrote two of the largest equine associations in the USA. The US Dressage Federation
and the US Combined Training Federation. Designed my first liability program.
-Purchased branch office of Rhulen Agency, horse and recreation specialty insurance company of New York. -Achieved binding and rating authority with 3 mortality and 3 liability Insurance Co’s.
1978-Became one of 50 Certified Insurance Counselors in Colorado.
-Started Carl Weil Insurance, became countersigning agent for Frelinghuysen Insurance.
-Became department manager of large insurance agency with national accounts.
-Became Colorado insurance broker.
-Helped design equine mortality program for Midwest Mutual Insurance Company.
-Second tour of duty USMC Honorable Discharge,
licensed CO agent specialty insurance.
-USMC 1st Honorable Discharge.
PUBLICATIONS
Wilderness EMS (9-2017) Hawkins, Weil, et al., Wolters Kluwer 580 pgs
“Escalating levels of outdoor liability” C. Weil, Director WMO, MFAWM
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Magazine(8- 2016)
Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Scope of Practice (SOP)Weil and Schimelpfenig
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Magazine(3- 2016)
“WFR-SOP” Schimelpfenig, Johnson, Hubbell, Frizzell, Mcvoy, Nicolazzo, Weil, Kimmel – WFR-SOP.Org (2016)
“Retrieval of additional epinephrine from auto injectors” Hawkins SC, Weil C, Baty F, Fitzpatrick D, Rowell B – Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Journal
“SOP of WFA Courses” Johnson, Schimelpfenig, Hubbell, Frizzell, Mcvoy, Nicolazzo, Weil, Cull, Kimmel, – Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Journal
“Caution on EPIPEN” Hawkins, Weil, Fitzpatrick–Wilderness & Environmental Medicine(2012)
“Quick Reference Backcountry Medical Care – 4rd ed.”, C. Weil – Wilderness Medicine Outfitters (2012) 48pgs
“Wilderness First Responder/ WEMT Text,158pgs “Wilderness Medicine Outfitters (2011)
“Wilderness First Aid Text WMO”78pgs Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
“Wilderness Advanced Life Support Text WMO” Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
“Quick Reference Backcountry Medical Care – 2nd ed.”, Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
“Levels of liability and training in outdoor pursuits” Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
“Quick Reference Backcountry Medical Care”, Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
“First Aid “ Bow Hunter, Magazine, (2003)
Various articles on water treatment and purification 1998-2003
“Wilderness Medicine Instructor Manual” Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
“Wilderness First Aid Text WMO” Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
“Wilderness First Responder/ WEMT Text “Wilderness Medicine Outfitters
“Winter Survival “ High Plain Journal”
“Horse Mortality Insurance “In the Balance
“Mountaineering Safety “ Outdoor Retailer (1992)
” Mountaineering Rescue Insurance “ Rock and Ice (1992)
” Outdoor Recreational Risks “Agent Broker (1991)
” Riding Safety “Horse Illustrated (1991)
” Horse Liability” Rough Notes (1991)
” Lowering Liability Costs” EQUIS (1991)
PROFESSIONAL BLOGS
AnaphylaxisEducators.com
News and views on anaphylaxis and it treatment with emphases on full information on auto injectors. Started 2012
WildernessMedicine.com
Salient comments and news on information affecting those giving care in the remote back country. Web page started 1994. Blog started 2009
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