Overview:

Learn how to cope with the type of medical emergencies that can happen in the wilderness.

Purpose:

To learn the first aid skills you might need when 911 is not an option.

Topics:

• panic avoidance and crisis management,
• leadership and decision-making,
• wound care management,
• improvised stretchers,
• splinting,
• design and contents of a good first-aid kit,
• evacuation versus rescue initiation, and,
• the top 20 causes of serious injury and death in the wilderness, e.g. hypothermia, heat-exhaustion, dehydration, lightening, insects, and environment related problems and mishaps. 

The notion of "extreme outdoors sports" will be discussed and analyzed. 

Duration:

• a 9-hour seminar, or equivalent evening sessions, and,
• a 9-hour field lab.

Misc:

Course manual available at the first session, $24.95.
A practical field laboratory will include assessments of several realistic wilderness mishaps.
Optional certification in C.P.R (Heart and Stroke) will be available at an additional fee of $99.00.