About this Event
Wednesday, February 3 - Friday, February 12
8:00am to 5:00pm each day AND
6:00pm to 10:00pm on February 6 & 10
The Wilderness First Responder course is essential if you work or recreate in the outdoors or in other austere environments where access to medical care is delayed or communication is unreliable. It is the industry standard for professional guides, trip leaders, search and rescue team members, outdoor recreationists, and international travelers. Upon completion, you will be able to conduct a thorough physical exam, obtain a patient history, assess vital signs, provide emergency care in the wilderness, and make crucial evacuation decisions. During this fast-paced, engaging course, you will spend half your time practicing skills and participating in realistic scenarios, including a full-scale night mock rescue.
NOLS Wilderness Medicine’s nationally recognized curriculum encompasses a wide range of topics including long-term patient care, wound management, selective spine immobilization, reducing dislocations, litter packaging, and epinephrine administration. Dynamic educators who have practiced medicine in both wilderness and urban environments will teach you skills and protocols to step forward in an emergency, and you will finish the intensive 80-hour course with the tools and confidence to manage patients in the backcountry for multiple days. Upon successful course completion, students will earn the following NOLS Wilderness Medicine certifications: Wilderness First Responder, Adult, and Child CPR & Airway Management, and Epinephrine Auto-injector.
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Lodging is available on site at the Alpine Science Institute at a cost of $50 per night. This includes access to our laundry facility, as well as our full kitchen, fridge and pantry space for food storage. Students will need to provide their own bed linens and towels. Please contact CWC Lander at 307.332.3394 or [email protected] for more information on housing.
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Payment is due at the time of registration. Signing up for classes is available online, over the phone at (307) 332-3394, or in person at CWC Lander - 120 Enterprise Boulevard. Credit card payments, both through Eventbrite and CWC, are subject to processing fees. Cash or check payments are also accepted.
NOLS Wilderness Medicine Communicable Disease Mitigation Practices and Expectations for Students
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic raised questions about health and risk management while attending wilderness medicine courses. We want to ensure you are aware of how we're responding to the coronavirus pandemic, so you can make an informed decision about participation. These practices have been developed in consultation with federal, state, and local public health experts, peer organizations, and medical advisors and will continue to evolve as more information becomes known.
Wilderness medicine courses are designed to train responders to provide medical aid. Close physical contact is an inherent part of our courses. We interact with and touch each other when we practice the skills of wilderness medicine such as splinting, patient movement, bleeding control, basic life support and when we practice patient care with scenario based learning. NOLS Wilderness Medicine has always had curriculum and practices in place to educate students and to reduce the risk of disease transmission. We have implemented additional strategies to further reduce the risk of disease transmission associated with physical proximity, but we cannot eliminate it.
People who are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 as defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) should carefully consider, in conjunction with their health care provider, whether to attend a wilderness medicine course at this time.
Our ability to reduce risk to all participants relies on your commitment to choosing behaviors prior to and during your course that support the health and well being of everyone involved in your course.
NOLS reserves the right to cancel any course at any time based on changing information or restrictions that affect our ability or willingness to operate at a given location. We will notify students as soon as possible if this occurs.
Vaccination
NOLS encourages you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and up-to-date with any boosters you are eligible to receive.
Communicable Disease Risk Mitigation Strategy
NOLS has instituted a 4-component strategy to decrease the risk of infectious disease spread in our classrooms. These practices reflect our assumption that every person is a potential carrier of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We will model and describe them all in greater detail at the beginning of your course.
All participants are expected to participate fully in this strategy. Your actions directly affect the health and well being of all course participants.
Screening
We will rely on students and staff to report any illnesses and to act accordingly.
If you have any of the following, you should not attend class:
- Cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, headache, fatigue, nasal congestion or sneezing (different from pre-existing allergies), abdominal discomfort (nausea/diarrhea), muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell.
- A temperature of over 100.4F/38C.
Hygiene
We will provide the resources to practice heightened classroom hygiene. You will be expected to:
- Wash or sanitize your hands after interactions with others and/or entering or leaving group settings.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth.
- Cover your mouth with a tissue or your arm if you sneeze or cough.
- Wipe down surfaces and equipment after use using the provided cleaning materials.
Personal Protective Equipment
We will provide some personal protective equipment for use in your wilderness medicine course including KN95 masks, gloves, and cleaning supplies. You will be expected to follow the guidelines your instructors establish.
Compliance/Culture
We believe in the value of training people to help others and in supporting the best public health practices. You will be expected to:
- Model your commitment to quality medical care by supporting these strategies.
- Help others remember and adapt to these new practices.
- Stay home if you feel sick or the instructor asks you to leave class based on symptoms.
Event venue & nearby stays
Central Wyoming College - Alpine Science Institute, 44 Central Wyoming College Way, Lander, United States
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