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Medical and Safety Training
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
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
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
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
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.
Survival skills may become necessary should:
The group becomes stuck overnight on a day trip because of weather, train conditions or injury
You become separated from your gear due to weather, terrain or because you are lost
Courses:
Courses:
Overnight Module in Wilderness First Aid Course
Cover the very basics to include an advanced Fire Starting and Knife session
Fire Mountain Wilderness Skills Program
Taught at Fire Mountain
Alderleaf Wilderness College | Nature & Survival School
Located in Monroe
Teach weekend, week long and graduate style classes
Winter Skills Adventure Program
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:
Part 1 - Classroom
Discussion on cold weather basics
Part 2 - Overnight Field Trip
Winter Skills are applied, to include construction and sleeping in a snow shelter
Topics covered include:
Cold Weather First Aid
Cold Weather Clothing
Winter Leave No Trace
Cold Weather Cooking and Food
Snow Shelter construction
Cold Weather Gear
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
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.
All “direct contact” leaders are required to take BSA’s Hazardous Weather Training
The BSA recommends that this is renewed every two years
Offered Online
Questions? Come talk to our Medical Team. We teach these classes for the Council.
NON BSA Medical Training
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
NOLS offers several courses for Wilderness First Aid and also have instructor courses for those interested in teaching.
NOLS Wilderness First Aid
2-day course designed for outdoor recreationists like hikers, campers, and boaters to gain confidence in managing common injuries and illnesses in the outdoors.
Police Officers carrying a patient into a hospital room as a team
Wilderness Advanced First Aid
4-day course designed for outdoor recreationists like hikers, campers, and boaters to gain confidence in managing common injuries and illnesses in the outdoors.
NOLS Wilderness First Responder
9- or 10-day course designed for outdoor professionals to respond to emergencies and make decisions in remote environments.
Course participants work together to perform a spinal assessment on a patient during a scenario.
Hybrid Wilderness First Responder
3 modules of online learning and 5 days of in-person learning.
NOLS Wilderness EMT
1-month course offering EMT training and certification combined with skills for providing pre-hospital care in the wilderness.
Advanced Wilderness Medical Provider AWEP
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.
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