Fall 2015 Outdoor Emergency Care Course

This site covers the National Ski Patrol's Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) training course that's held in the San Francisco South Bay area each Fall. Details on registration, materials, preparation and location are located on the tabs above. Course updates are posted below as they are published.

Outdoor Emergency Care® is the National Ski Patrol’s award-winning training program for patrollers and others in the recreation community who deal with emergency situations. This nationally recognized program is designed to help you manage the toughest emergencies, in all seasons. Developed in the late 1980s for the 26,000 members of the National Ski Patrol, Outdoor Emergency Care is a training program that is tailored to the nonurban rescuer. Today, OEC is considered the standard of training for emergency care in the outdoor environment and is recognized by resorts and recreational facilities in all 50 states.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Sacramento OEC Class

Steve Costello will be running an OEC class in the Sacramento area this Fall.  More info on his blogsite at: http://sacramentooec.blogspot.com/

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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Outdoor Emergency Care on Flipboard

A while back we created a custom magazine on Flipboard on Outdoor Emergency Care. It's been quite successful with now nearly 500 followers.  

 For those unfamiliar with Flipboard , it's (primarily) tablet app which enables viewers to browse subjects of interest as "magazines".  Some of these are curated by the Flipboard staff, others by individuals on topics of their own interest.  We did the latter for OEC.  

 Send me any feedback you have.  My thinking is to get some initial commentary on this, and then develop a contributor network to provide crowd-sourced content of interest.

 Link here.
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Monday, June 6, 2016

OEC SouthBay 2016 Open for Registration

OEC Southbay 2016 is open for registration.  Here are some preliminary details for candidates & instructors:

-      Details on how to register are on the tab "Registration Fees & Information".  Please register as soon as possible to secure your place in class and give us an accurate candidate count.

-      Preliminary syllabus, schedule, and location is posted on the tab above. 

-      Guidance on preparing for the course is on the "Course Materials" tab above.  Be sure to give it a close read.  The sooner you get started on the items noted there, the more prepared you’ll be for class.

As we have noted in previous posts, we will need at least 12 candidates to run the Southbay class this year.  Thus if you are a candidate, or know of interested candidates, email me right away so we can get an accurate picture of what we are working with.  I’ll keep everyone informed here on the blog, and regardless, we’ll make the final go/no-go decision on Aug. 1.

Thanks all and looking forward to another great class this year.
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