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Medical and Safety Training

The most important job for our Adult Leaders is to keep our Youth and other Adult Leaders safe on outings.  We have trained medical personnel on most outings, but the more trained adults we have, the safer everyone is.

Wilderness First Aid

Our Council's Wilderness First Aid program is run by former military Special Operation Medics and Medical Professionals from Troop 60.  It is a high quality program intended to prepare Adults and older Scouts for the potential medical emergencies that can occur in the outdoors. 

Core modules

Patient assessment—initial and focused

Chest injuries

Shock

Head (brain) and spinal injuries

Bone and joint injuries

Wounds and wound infection

Allergies and anaphylaxis

Scenarios

Elective modules

Abdominal problems

Hypothermia

Heat

Lightning

Altitude illnesses

Submersion

Wilderness first-aid kits

In addition to the subjects listed above, our Wilderness First Aid curriculum includes modules on Diabetes, Asthma and Search and Rescue.  

We also offer an optional overnight Wilderness Survival module to prepare crews for the "Unexpected Night in the Woods", a common scenario where return to civilization is delayed due to injury or other unforeseen events. 

We Highly Recommend ALL Adults Leaders on outings attend Wilderness First Aid.

Wilderness Survival and Bushcraft

We teach survival basics in conjunction with our Wilderness First Aid program.  More Bushcraft focused survival programs can also be taught by our Wilderness Survival Team.

We cover the basics needed to survival the "Unexpected Night in the Woods" as well as advanced techniques to enhance long term survival.  Understanding the basics of survival can keep you alive, keep your more comfortable or just help you avoid common pitfalls.

Courses:

Winter Skills Adventure Program

Winter is a quarter of each year and knowing how to safely venture out into cold and snowy areas allows the troop to enjoy many adventures during the winters season. 

The course is broken down into two parts:

Topics covered include:

All Scouts in the Troop should attend the classroom portion of this class.  Scouts 14 years and older and ALL Adults interested in Winter Camping are highly encouraged to attended the Overnight Field Trip.

Hazardous Weather Training

It is vital that Adult Leaders know how to plan for weather and be able to appropriately respond to changing weather conditions.  We have witnessed many examples of experienced adults and Scouters who did not know how to react to Lightning and other weather hazards.  

Questions? Come talk to our Medical Team.  We teach these classes for the Council. 

NON BSA Medical Training

There are several NON-BSA Medical Courses that are world class and will better prepare you for delivering medical aid in the Wilderness. 


NOLS

NOLS offers several courses for Wilderness First Aid and also have instructor courses for those interested in teaching. 

NOLS Wilderness First Aid


NOLS Wilderness First Responder


NOLS Wilderness EMT

nols.edu/en/wilderness-medicine/courses 

Advanced Wilderness Medical Provider  AWEP

This is well attended by Scouters interested in upping their Wilderness Medicine Skills.  It is generally offer at the The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine, so attended the conference in conjunction with the AWEP course covers a significant amount of Wilderness related topics.  The target audience includes MDs, PAs and RNs.  Class included EMTs, Military Medics, RNs, PAs and MDs. 

Taught by Howard Donner, MD, Sheryl Olson, RN/BSN, Eric Weiss, MD, and Larry Moore, MD.

If you already have medical background and are interested in becoming more proficient in remote settings, this is a fantastic program to attend.

wilderness-medicine.com/awep-certification