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Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2003: Friday night - Sunday
On October 31 through November 2nd, a Wilderness First Aid course will be held at Foster Lodge. This training is the equivalent of Advanced First Aid and is especially recommended for Sierra Club COL Outings Level II leaders. It fulfills the three year renewal requirement for Standard First Aid for COL I leaders. Instruction will be led by Georgia Villaflor, a highly qualified Wilderness EMT and is conducted in accordance with the Wilderness Medical Associates protocol.
Students must have completed a current standard first aid course to enroll. The class builds on these basic skills and includes practice in how to care for illnesses and injuries when medical facilities are more than four hours away. Featured segments are recognition of acute medical conditions, stabilization of fractures, wound cleaning, extraction of a victim without causing further harm, transportation techniques and much more.
Two overnight stays are required at Foster Lodge or at the campground and some hot meals will be provided by a volunteer cook staff. The fee is $100 for COL II level, $115 for COL I. The Outings Committee may reimburse a portion of this fee upon request. If space is available, non-outings leader members of the Sierra Club may enroll for $125. For non members, the fee is $150 and includes Sierra Club membership. If interested, please fill in the application below and return by October 15th, 2003. Call Ellen Shively at (619) 479-3412 or, for further info, email her at Eshively@sierraclubsandiego.org.
Enroll with the application.
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Leaves. New Hampshire.
Photo courtesy Philip Greenspun. |
