Wilderness & Remote First Aid

Wilderness & Remote First Aid offers you the skills and knowledge to handle emergencies when professional help is not readily available. These times include recreation, work, and travel through remote areas, like highways, planes, boating, or camping. We often choose to be in these environments because they offer great opportunities to learn, for class or for personal growth, or because they are part of our occupation, and with that choice comes risk. Then there are also times when we become instantly remote because EMS can't travel to us, like storms, earthquakes, and tornadoes and we will have to keep ourselves and others safe. This course helps prepare you to keep little issues little and big issues manageable.

Our next course:

Starting March 4-22, all participants must engage in the asynchronous portions from this Google platform.  You'll have two opportunities to pass the written (multiple choice) test to demonstrate you did the pre-work by March 22, as well as submit the primary assessment video, which will give you permission to come to the field portion on March 25. 

There will also be a synchronous mandatory meeting on March 22nd, 7pm Microsoft Teams

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Then each participant must complete the practical scenarios successfully on Saturday March 25 at Camp Manatoc.

In order for you to receive the full benefits from the field experience, you need to know what to expect and what to prepare for these activities.

• You will need to wear comfortable clothing that you don’t mind getting dirty, since we will be doing some scenarios outdoors. You should be prepared for all weather conditions because portions of the course will be conducted outdoors. Please also be aware that we will be using moulage/ fake blood, etc., and that this may get on your clothes. You will also be getting wet, so secondary sets of clothes are required.

• Be prepared to play the role of the patient and/or the rescuer in scenarios. Everyone should have plenty of opportunities to play both roles. As a patient, you may have the “rescuers” simulating rescue techniques such as a physical exam and emergency moves on you. As the rescuer, you will be required to make decisions based on a set of symptoms exhibited by the “patient.” You may also have the opportunity to play the role of the Leader, who makes decisions concerning the whole scene. This role-playing is important to the course in that it pulls all the information together and teaches the emergency action steps in a more realistic setting.

• There will be skill practices that you must pass proficiently,  (For EMS there may be up to 15hrs of CE for successful completion of the course.)

• Course details:

  • Pre-requisite: Adult CPR/ AED

  • Participants must be 14 years of age or older, and capable of participating in training with mature content.

  • You'll be expected to walk distances and in rough terrain throughout the day (this is not a classroom experience)

    • You will need to carry your own gear that you would normally have while in the wilderness or remote setting. This will be used in scenarios as well as for practical purposes.  You'll need/ want shelter (tarp or ten), utility rope, cutting utensil, personal or group snacks, and bandages (ex., cut up t-shirt). Here are 10 Essentials that should be carried, plus some additional items:

      • Map of the area (will be provided at meeting time)

      • Compass

      • Flashlight with extra batteries & bulb

      • Extra food

      • Extra clothing

      • Sunglasses & sunscreen

      • Pocket knife

      • Matches in a waterproof container

      • Candle or other fire starter

      • First aid kit (including plenty of absorptive materials--; water tight compartments; avoid prescription drugs; first aid & rescue directions; SAMPLE report forms-- you’ll receive at course;

      • Others: full water bottle(s) & water purification system; ground insulation (sleeping pad); shelter, emergency blanket, signaling devise (mirror/ whistle); Duct tape.

  • Please also bring/ wear clothes that could possibly be stained from moulage (fake wounds) or dirty from practicing scenarios.

  • Location of the practical portion of the course:

    • Camp Manatoc, Peninsula, OH

[disregard the dithered text]Participants will need to bring their own Food/Lunches. (Snacks and Drinks will be provided, along with Saturday dinner-- pizza & salad.)

BSA Physical form or personal physical form is required prior to participation in the practical,  http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/healthandsafety/ahmr.aspx -- please fill out parts A & B.

CPR Training- For those who have requested CPR training, you need to please follow this link https://www.redcrosslearning.com/course/d1c18020-c610-11e6-97ba-adc268562c07 you will take an online video game like course, which will take a couple of hours to complete-- don't wait till the last minute to do this! At the end you'll get a certificate, you need to save it/ scan it/ take a picture of it and submit it. We'll go through the skills portion Friday March 24, 7pm, at Camp Manatoc- successful completion is required to participate in the field practical.

Payment needs to be sent by:  March 10, 2023 to: Jeffrey L. Pellegrino, 5154 Sodalite Dr., Hudson, OH 44236 (or dropped off at the Scout Office in Hudson or Venmo can be arranged too)

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This course will be facilitated by volunteer leaders of Boy Scouts.

In leadership, friendship, & service,

 Jeffrey Pellegrino, EMT, Course Director, jeffrey_pellegrino@hotmail.com