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The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) – Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI) Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course will be offered at the the Wardel Family branch of the Beaufort County YMCA in Port Royal on Saturday &
Sunday, March 20-21, 2010.

If you are interested and want to take this course you will need to be
registered and paid in full NOT LATER THAN FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY, 2010.  Please put this date on your calendar in ALL CAPS and red ink.

In order to conduct the course there needs to be a minimum of 15 students enrolled, so please help out and start spreading the word.  Get a partner, bring your best friend, co-worker, spouse, significant other, or your 16 years old or older son or daughter.

If you are really serious about becoming more confident in your first aid skills and knowledge, please call Rick Simmonds at the YMCA (522-9622) and add your name to the growing list of interested students who have already indicated that they want to attend.

As before, this is not a fund raiser or for profit, it is simply a fantastic course being brought to the Lowcountry by outdoor-minded people who want others to have a great training opportunity without having to leave town to get it.

“When 9-1-1 is not an option, the rules change … plain and simple!”

http://www.nols.edu/wmi/about/

http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/wmi/WMI_Brochure_virtual/2008101602/23.html

http://www.nols.edu/wmi/courses/wildfirstaid.shtml

If you plan to spend time in the back country you need to be prepared.
Fast paced and hands-on, this two-day course covers a wide range of
wilderness  medicine topics for people who travel and work in
the outdoors.

Upon successful course completion you will earn a WMI of NOLS
wilderness medicine certification.

DAY 1
Introductions
Patient Assessment System
Initial Assessment
Patient Exam
Vital Signs
Focused History
Documentation
–Lunch
Spinal Cord Injury Management
Head Injuries
Shock
Wilderness Wound Management

DAY 2
Focused Spine Assessment
Athletic Injuries
Fractures
Dislocations
Heat Injuries
–Lunch
Cold Injuries
Lightning
Altitude Illness
Acute Abdomen
Anaphylaxis
The Unresponsive Patient
Wilderness First Aid Kits

Are You Ready? from NOLS on Vimeo.

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