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.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Successul Midterm & Backboard Sunday

A big congratulations to the candidates who made it through midterm & backboard Sunday weekend with flying colors.  Grueling days, very productive.  Congrats.

And a huge thanks to all the instructors who helped out.   We had a great turn-out, excellent instruction, and very positive results. Thank you all once again.

Now on to the second half of class.  Tuesday we do sager traction splints and then on to more complex thorasic and abdomnial injuries, environmental complications, and special patient populations. Looking forward to moving forward with continued positive results.

Pics from the weekend are at:

Midterm: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B85u-4tRtJEyYU1vRk8yVnhaSUU&usp=sharing

Backboard Sunday: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B85u-4tRtJEyZ0dWMWFxTTF4RDQ&usp=sharing











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