Wilderness & Remote First Aid - Friday, Jan 15, 2016

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The Basics:
Event Type: Course 
Event Location: West Hillhurst CC and Camp Kiwanis 
Date(s) & Time:   Friday, Jan 15, 2016 06:00 PM  
Registration Cut Off:   Friday, Jan 08, 2016 10:00 PM  
Event Duration: Two and one half days 
Difficulty Rating:   D1 - See Conversion Chart  
Trip Coordinator(s):   Andy Strangemann
 

Participant Info:
Who's Invited:   Members Only  
Attendee Screening:   Attendees are Pre-Screened
Maximum Group Size: 12
Maximum No. Guests: 0
Minimum Group Size: 12
Maximum No. Guests Per Member: 0
Number Registered So Far:   12 (View sign-ups, waiting list)
Are Dogs Permitted:   No

Itinerary:

Is it time for you to get your first aid again and want to add 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 a weekend starting Friday evening.
Friday Jan. 15th 6:00 - 10:00pm
Sat & Sun, Jan 16 & 17th 9:00am - 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: 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:
ACC Calgary Section
Box 1995,
Calgary, AB
T2P 2M2

or e- transfer to: treasurer@acccalgary.ca

Please email the coordinator once you send in a cheque of make the e-payment, so that you will be placed on the attend list.

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

How to Get There:
Event Directions:  

We will be meeting at the West Hillhurst Community Centre on Friday night (located at the north-east corner of 19th Street and 5th Avenue NW)

The Sat and Sun sessions will be held at Camp Kiwanis located at the intersection of HWY 22 and Hwy 8 between the Transcanada Hwy and Bragg Creek.

Participants can organize themselves to carpool if they wish during the Friday evening session.

 

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).
Etransfers are preferred, though, please send to treasurer@acccalgary.ca

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.


Cancellation/Partial Attendance:
Please review our participant responsibility guidelines!
Once you have made the payment you will 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.
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Registration for this event closed on Friday, January 08, 2016 at 10:00 PM.