Wilderness First Aid

This Wilderness First Aid Class is designed to provide fun with lots of hands-on skills practice. There will be an emphasis on making good decisions by staying calm and safe, doing good patient assessment, establishing efficient communication channels and providing proper leadership to the group. This 16 hour class will give the students ample time to practice their first aid and leadership skills in on outdoor setting. This class will focus on practicing skills and covering patient assessment, shock and bleeding, head and spinal injuries, wounds, musculoskeletal injuries, heat and cold illnesses, and much more.

The course will provide outdoor scenarios, which are the best place to practice and refresh first aid skills. The students will gain some good tools and knowledge to handle a wilderness first aid emergency. Successful completion of the class includes a Wilderness First Aid certificate. This course and certificate is required for adult leaders attending Philmont next year.

Our instructor, Bobbie Foster, EMT-B, has been involved in outdoor recreation/education for 16 years. As an employee of the University of California at San Francisco Medical School outdoor program "Outdoors Unlimited" she served as the coordinator of the whitewater canoeing program, a back country skiing leader/instructor, a back packing leader, budgets manager, publicity coordinator and risk management supervisor. In 1994, she found her true passion in the field of first aid. She served as First Aid Coordinator and Lead Instructor from 1994 to 2001. Her attention to detail and organizational skills are legendary. For her teaching first aid is more than a career: it is a labor of love that is her way of giving back to her community.

The students have the option to spend the night at the camp. This will provide an opportunity to interact with the other students, instructor and staff during the evening to discuss other relevant wilderness first aid topics. The students are to provide their own meals on Saturday and Sunday.

There is a class limit of 24. This course is designed for adult leaders. If there is space available, older scouts or venture crewmembers can attend. Advanced registration is highly recommended due to the popularity of the class.

It is recommended, but not required, that students taking this class should take an Adult CPR prior to attending this course.

The class will be held at the Rancho Los Mochos. Class begins at 8:00 a.m. each day and concludes at 5:00 p.m.

Course is limited to the first 24 participants.

Date: Session 1 June 5-6, 2010 at Rancho Los Mochos in Livermore

         Session 2 June 19-20, 2010 at Rancho Los Mochos in Livermore 

Cost: $125.00 (covers all basic course materials, certificates)
$20 Additional fee for American Health and
Safety Certification needed for Philmont.   (pay at the course)

Registration: Session 1 click here to register 

                   Session 2 click here to register

For additional information contact Vic Karpenko for information at viktor@pacbell.net.