Wilderness Advanced First Aid Course
The Bushwhacker Climbing Club is proud to offer a sponsored Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA) course. And for the third year in a row, the course is offered through Rescue Specialists, at their learning center near Leavenworth.
The club has again selected Rescue Specialists for the following reasons:
- They climb, hike and whitewater raft, so they understand the wilderness context.
- The instructors have experience providing emergency medical care in town as well as in the mountains.
- They communicate human anatomy and physiology in a manner that assumes the participant can grasp advanced terminology.
- They consistently check with the students, clarifying and encouraging when necessary.
- They establish a lively dialogue with the students, making the course an engaging experience.
- Their friendly and disarming manner sets a welcome tone for this four-day, intensive course.
Rescue Specialists has excellent facilites. Their modern, ranch-style center includes a kitchen, showers and a bunkhouse. They have a lawn outside where they practice scenarios, and beyond that is a forest, where they do more scenarios.
Cost of the Course
The course costs $400. Note that the entire fee goes to Rescue Specialists; the club keeps none. The fee includes four days of top-notch instruction, books and other materials, breakfast and lunch, and bunk lodging.
Pre-requisites
There are no pre-requisites for the course.
Schedule
Thursday - Sunday, April 10 – 13, 2008.
Registration
Registrations are no longer being taken for 2008.
