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NOLS Wilderness First Aid Class

  • Start date: 05/17/2025

  • Start time: 7:45 AM

  • End date: 05/18/2025

  • End time: 5:00 PM

Description:

This is a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) Wilderness First Aid class. Prepare for unexpected medical issues with this hands-on introduction to wilderness medicine, taught over two days. This course is great for people of all experience levels, and is best suited for those who recreate outdoors where more advanced medical response can be expected in a timely manner (fewer than eight hours). You'll learn the Patient Assessment System, how to provide effective first aid treatments for injuries and illnesses common in the outdoors, and how to make appropriate evacuation decisions. You'll learn both in the classroom and in outdoor settings regardless of weather, so come prepared for wet, muddy, cold or hot environments!

The class will be held at the Obsidian Lodge in Eugene, OR.

Please see NOLS at https://www.nols.edu/portal/wmi/courses/22988/ for further description of the class content.

Photo by: Juli McGlinsky

  • Event Leader: Maryanne Reiter

  • Event Leader Phone: 5415218472

  • Event Leader Email: mreiter1959@gmail.com

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  • Event category: Safety

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  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Please see https://www.nols.edu/portal/wmi/courses/22988/ for more information on prerequisites and what to bring for the course.

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  • Member Fees: 260

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  • Non-Member Fees: 310

  • Committee: Safety

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The second Obsidian WFA course with NOLS Wilderness Medicine was a great success! The class was full with 30 participants, about half of whom were Obsidian members and guides. All participants passed the course, and one used it as a recertification for their WFR. We covered a wide range of topics, including thorough patient assessment, spine and head injuries, shock, bleeding, sprains and fractures, hypothermia, frostbite, heat illnesses, anaphylaxis, abdominal and chest pain, as well as burns and blisters. It was a packed 16-hour course!

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