Wilderness First Aid Training
Saturday, April 6, 2024
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Develop knowledge, skills and confidence to respond to a medical emergency in a remote or wilderness setting.
This 4-session training takes place over two weekends (April 6 & 7 and April 13 & 14). Participants must participate in all four sessions.
Instructor: Bill Caples is a retired firefighter/EMT with real life experience in administering and teaching first aid and CPR. Bill will bring his actual
experiences to this class and provide valuable preparedness tips.
Topics Include:
| • Protecting yourself | • Musculoskeletal injuries |
| • Moving and lifting | • Extended injury management |
| • Scene assessment, Initial Assessment, Secondary Assessment | • Altered mental status |
| • Shock | • Breathing difficulty |
| • Control of bleeding | • Abdominal problems |
| • Major wounds | • Poisoning |
| • Facial injuries | • Heat and cold emergencies |
| • Dressing wounds | • Submersion, Lighting Strikes, Altitude Sickness |
| • Burns | • How to prepare a first aid kit |
| • Head, neck and back injuries |
Participants must attend all four class meetings.
Registration closes March 29th.
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