LOCATION: 6858 County Rd. 21 Alliston ON.
DURATION: 0800-1800 daily (20 hours)

Aimed at those that spend a lot of time outdoors alone or for those in charge of others in an outdoors setting. OELP teachers, camp staff, park rangers.  This Wilderness First Aid course covers material in Standard First Aid & CPR, plus special material on techniques for wilderness and remote areas. Course also offers strategies for providing extended care for more than 24 hours. The course is taught in an outdoor setting all year round and requires greater physical activity and endurance than typical first aid training. Intended for individuals who lead activities outside of immediate access by EMS. 

Content:

• Planning
• Your health
• Assessment
• Airway emergencies
• Breathing and circulation emergencies
• Cardiac and respiratory arrest (includes CPR-C)
• Wound care
• Head and spine injuries
• Bone, muscle and joint injuries
• Sudden medical emergencies
• Environmental emergencies
• Poisons
• Extended care
• Evacuation: transporting the ill or injured person
• Establishing control through leadership
• Legal considerations
• Incident reporting, trip / float / flight plan
• Human and environmental hazard assessment
• Critical incident stress
• Tourniquets
• Rescue breathing, Full-face helmet removal
• Discontinuing spinal precautions
• Realigning fractures / relocating dislocations
• Communications and signaling

Have you completed a Get Outdoors certified course? Are you worried your skills may fade? Want to have fun as an instructor assistant in scenarios? Want to volunteer with Get Outdoors? Ask the staff how we can help you with your goals.