Location

Four Points by Sheraton Norwood, 1125 Boston-Providence Turnpike, Norwood, MA 02062,
Massachusetts, Boston Area,
MA

Registration

Overview

Please note: this workshop will be offered as part of the family of premeeting workshops for Summit Annual Meeting. If you wish to attend Summit Annual Meeting on Saturday, January 25th you must register separately. 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 issued 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 Schedule: Day 1 9am Classroom & Practical Session 12pm Lunch 1pm Classroom & Practical Session 4:30 Class end first day 4:35 Optional CPR Training Day 2 8:30 Classroom & Practical Session 12pm Lunch 1pm Classroom & Practical Session 4:30 WFA Quiz 5:30 Class end

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Past participants say...

-"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."