Saturday, June 1, 2024 9:00AM - Sunday, June 2, 2024 5:30PM
AMC's Knubble Bay Camp,
Maine, Southern and Mid-Coast,
ME United States
SOLO Wilderness First Aid: The ability to apply basic backcountry first aid is vital for any outdoor enthusiast, whether it's for yourself or others. Moving beyond urban first aid, this course teaches the skills necessary to identify and treat medical issues common to wilderness settings and to prepare for long-term care scenarios. Includes hands-on practice and lectures. Upon completion, participants receive 16-hour SOLO Wilderness First Aid certification. This course may be used to recertify a current SOLO Wilderness First Responder (WFR) certification. A CPR certification will be offered in the evening of the first day, this is optional. Program Highlights: -Focuses on the basic skills of: Response and Assessment, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Environmental Emergencies, Survival Skills, Soft Tissue Injuries, and Medical Emergencies -Coverage of topics balances classroom instructional sessions with hands-on practice in the outdoors -Nationally recognized certification for 2 years Sample Itinerary: Friday 3pm - Arrival at Knubble Bay 5:30-7:30pm - Dinner Saturday Breakfast 9am - Classroom & Practical Session 12n - Lunch 1pm - Classroom & Practical Session 4:30 - Class end first day 4:35 - Optional CPR Training\ Dinner Sunday Breakfast 8:30 - Classroom & Practical Session 12n - Lunch 1pm - Classroom & Practical Session 4:30 - WFA Quiz 5:30 - Class end
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-"Instructors were outstanding. Both were extremely knowledgeable about the topics discussed and obviously spoke from experience. Super credibility" -"I learned new facts about first aid that I didn't know. The instructors distilled the information to make it simple and easy to understand" -"Instructors were fantastic. I was particularly pleased with their approach to teaching which involved a lot of debunking of established misinformation in a simple, easy to understand way."
The address is 144 Jewett Road, Georgetown, Maine. From Bath, take US Rt. 1 north across the Kennebec River Bridge. •Keep in the right-hand lane, and turn RIGHT immediately after the bridge onto Rt. 127, toward Reid State Park (Dairy Queen at the intersection) •LEFT onto Rt. 127 •Travel 5.8 m. and turn LEFT onto ROBINHOOD RD. (Look for antlers on a garage) •Travel 1 m. and take a sharp LEFT onto WEBBER RD. at the meetinghouse (It sneaks up on you) •Travel 1.2 m. and take first RIGHT turn onto JEWETT RD. (AMC sign) •Travel until you're sure you're lost, taking a RIGHT at each fork. The last fork is at the sign indicating the end of the town road •Turn LEFT at the AMC sign to KNUBBLE BAY CAMP (#144)
