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.

Friday, September 30, 2022

Bandaging & Splinting Guide

 

Candidates - 


Here's the bandaging & splinting guide we discussed in class.  Use this together with slides from class.  Download here.

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Glascow Coma Scale

 Candidates - 

As we discussed in class, the GCS is commonly used in trauma (and many other medical) situations.  It is good to know for communicating with other medical personnel.  Here's a good video that is worth your time to review.  

Thanks Dave R for sorting through the many videos on this topic and finding this one.




Class Presentations & Photo Album 2022

 Candidates -


Here's a link to the class Powerpoint (posted at conclusion of each class), and to the class photo album:

  • Class photo album here.

Enjoy.

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Medical Acronyms

 Thanks for Blair & Giovanni for circulating this.  Download the full 2 page document here.



Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Scenario Evaluation Checklist/Evaluation Form

Candidates - Here's what the patrollers will be using to observe & evaluate your scenarios:

Big thanks to John Wiser for putting this together.

Download here.

Sunday, September 18, 2022

Exam Evaluation Sheets

As we discussed in class, here are the mid-term & example practical final exam evaluation sheets.  Download here.





 

Saturday, September 17, 2022

Assessment Verbalization

 Here's the latest 2 page assessment verbalization.  Link here.