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.

Monday, August 24, 2015

CPR Class

As we discussed in class, your patrols will want you to have a CPR certification.  For our class, we want to see you have this certification by the midterm.

As we further discussed, each patrol has their own requirements - typically either the American Heart protocol or the Red Cross protocol.  You should check with your patrol to see which they want, and then sign up for that course.  As a guideline, here is what we have found common:

American Heart:  "BLS for Prehospital Providers" Example: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/HealthcareProviders/BasicLifeSupportBLS/BLS-for-Prehospital-Providers_UCM_459708_Article.jsp

For Red Cross:  "BLS for Healthcare Providers"  Example:  http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/course-class000000005214243?ref=ux

But once again, your patrol will have the final say in which you should take.  Check with them. And then get signed up!
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