Wilderness First Aid
After hearing many rave reviews about Bobbie Foster's Wilderness First Aid classes, I finally got myself into one by signing up 6 months in advance. Wow, they were right, what a great class!
The class was 16 hours, a full weekend, and lots of stuff learned. If you've had a basic first aid and CPR class, you probably (hopefully!) remember the steps A, B, C. Well, this adds about a dozen more letters to the procedure.
Of course in 16 hours, it won't turn you into a superman. But what I came away with was a process that not only lets you treat some of the most common injuries, but also lets you decide what to do next: (1) Serious danger, call in the helicopter, never mind that you'll have to take out a second mortgage to pay for it, (2) Get back to civilization as soon as you can under your own power, (3) Continue on with your trip but go see the doctor Monday morning.
And interesting too that "wilderness" is considered more than an hour away from advanced medical care. So it's not just if you're planning a trip to the jungles of Borneo, it could just as well be the country roads of Indiana.
2 comments:
Sounds good and as a trianer that will look very nice on the resume' no?
DM is actually close to a hospital, Did the class cover dog bites? That would be the IN addendum. I really can't overstate the dog situation in IN.
Actually, it did cover mammal bites, human being the worst.
Post a Comment