Is it time for you to re-certify your first aid or are you looking to take it the first time? Are you looking for a wilderness component? Here is your opportunity to take a course alongside your fellow ACCers!
The training and Leadership Committee is
organizing a Wilderness & Remote First Aid course
through the Canadian Red Cross for our trip
leaders. This basic level Wilderness & Remote
First Aid course covers the material in the
standard first aid & CPR, plus special material on techniques for wilderness and remote areas. The course also covers strategies for providing
extended care for up to 24 hours. Part of the
course is taught in an outdoor setting and
requires greater physical activity and endurance
than typical first aid training.
Duration: 20 hours taught over 2 ½ days
Friday June 20th 6:30 - 10:30pm
Sat & Sun, June 21st and 22nd 8:00am - 5:00pm
Instructor: Red Cross wilderness &
remote first aid instructor
Completion Requirements: 100% attendance, skills demonstration, and 75% min passing grade on written exam
Certification: 3-year certification in Wilderness & Remote First Aid, CPR Level C and AED
Course content: Planning, Bone, muscle and joint injuries, Your health, Sudden medical emergencies, Assessment, Environmental
emergencies, Airway emergencies, Poisons,
Breathing and circulation Emergencies, Extended
care, Cardiac and respiratory arrest (includes
CPR-C), Evacuation: transporting the ill or
injured person, Wound care, Head and spine
injuries
Cost of course: The cost of this
course is $236.25 per person and is payable to the Alpine Club of Canada Calgary Section.
Please make payment to our treasurer (cheques
sent to Box 1995, Calgary, AB T2P 2M2), or e-
transfer to treasurer@acccalgary.ca
As per our course subsidy policy the section will
reimburse you $200 of this course, once you
provide us a copy of the course certificate and a
trip waiver of a trip you ran either 12 months
before or after taking this course.
We encourage participants to organize a car pool to the ACC Canmore Clubhouse for Saturday and Sunday to save on travel costs.
To make it a fun weekend and reduce the driving, you can stay over at the clubhouse at the member rate of $30 for the Saturday night. Please book this directly at the clubhouse. As we have a lot of daylight, you may even want to do a bit of climbing at one of the nearby crags or run up a small peak after the first aid training or practice some more scenarios with the group at night.
Required Items to Bring:
Bring along pen and paper, some outdoor gear,
including your pack, the gear you would normally
take on a trip.
appropriate clothing to allow you to work outdoors given the weather of the day
Recommended Items to Bring:
Food and drink for the day
Notes:
Cost of course: the cost of this course is $236.25 per person and is payable to the Alpine Club of Canada Calgary Section. Please make payment to our treasurer (cheques sent to Box 1995, Calgary, AB T2P 2M2)or e-transfer
As per our course subsidy policy the section will
reimburse you up to $200 towards this course, once you provide us a copy of the course certificate and a trip waiver of a trip you ran either 12 months before or after taking this course.
ONLY Once you have made the payment will you be
registered to attend and moved from the wait list
to the participant list. As the ACC is paying on a per participant basis, once you are registered, we would only allow a cancellation if we have someone that can take your place.
Cancellation Policy If a participant is unable to attend a paid course or trip, there will be no refund unless the participant finds a suitable replacement that is acceptable to the trip coordinator. Acceptable waiting list candidates will have priority. It will then be the participant's responsibility to recover funds from the replacement. If the coordinator cancels an event, participants get a refund (less any non-recoverable costs). Note that ACC National does not refund hut fees due to weather, delay, closures, or any other reasons. The Calgary Section of the ACC is a not for profit club and we only charge attendees what it costs us to provide courses or trips.
Trip Feedback If you have any feedback, positive or negative, concerning this trip or any other, we want to hear from you! You can send any feedback you may have to the Section Chair.
Registration for this event closed on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 12:00 PM.