Learn how to protect yourself from wilderness hazards and do first aid outdoors or anywhere. We use vivid slides and an interactive teaching style to introduce the concepts, then train you to do the skills and improvise care with whatever you carry for your outdoor trips. National certification is valid for 2 years. Topics include:
Wilderness First Aid in Berkeley. January 19-20, 2019
Saturday January 19, 2018: 8:00 - 5:00;
Sunday January 20, 9 to 5
at
the Sierra Club
Office,
2530 San Pablo Ave. Suite #1, Berkeley CA
2 options: Basic Wilderness
First Aid (Saturday only)
OR Wilderness
First Aid (Saturday and Sunday)
These courses are sponsored by the Activities Committee of the Sierra Club (S.F. Bay Chapter), and meet the first aid requirements for Sierra Club outings leaders. Those who do Saturday only will be certified in Basic wilderness First Aid. Those who do both days will learn more advanced skills, do role-playing scenarios, and be certified in Wilderness First Aid. Non-members can register if we have space, though they will not be eligible for the Sierra Club discount, OR they can join the Sierra Club and then register as members.
Registration
for Sierra Club members (who are not SF Bay Chapter outings leaders) and non-members
Email the instructor, Steve Donelan, to make a
reservation: donelan@speakeasy.net. Some time in November or December, it will change to donelan@sonic.net.
Include your Sierra Club
membership number (if you're a member) and whether you are registering for Saturday and Sunday (highly recommended) or Saturday only. Be prepared to pay the course
fee to the instructor in class (cash or check to Steve Donelan).
Cost
To Sierra Club members, $80 for both days (highly recommended); $50 for Saturday only. To non-members, $100 for both days; $60 for Saturday only.
Textbook
Wilderness Emergency Care
by Steve Donelan. You can use the old edition for this class if you
have it. If not, order Wilderness Emergency Care, Third Edition Revised
from Amazon or the National Association for Search and Rescue
(www.wildernessemergencycare.org). It is now published by NASAR,
greatly revised and expanded, with all photos in full color.
Registration
for SF Bay Chapter current outings leaders
Email: firstaid@sfbaysc.org;
Phone: (510) 848-0800.
To register as an outings leader, you must mail a $50 deposit
check to the chapter office payable to "Sierra
Club SF Bay Chapter", memo "Deposit for WFA leader registration". This check will be returned to you in class
if you show up, but cashed if you do not show up. The chapter pays
for both the Saturday and Sunday class, even if a leader's section
only requires the one-day class.
Repeat
Sunday class session for free
Graduates of Steve's 2-day WFA class may participate in
future Sunday classes for the SF Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club at no
cost, so long as their WFA certifications are current. Just email him
in advance, and include the date when you did the class.
Sierra Club Wilderness
First Aid in Palo Alto: December 1-2
2 options: Wilderness
First Aid (Saturday and Sunday) or Basic Wilderness
First Aid (Saturday only)
Registration:
Email Steve Donelan to register and get the schedule and instructions: donelan@speakeasy.net.Then mail your check to Barbara Kelsey, Chapter Coordinator, 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303. Make it out to Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter and write WFA on the memo line.Location: Loma Prieta Chapter headquarters, 3921 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto
Done Steve's 1-day BWFA within the last year?
Upgrade your certification to WFA and learn many more skills.
Register for the Sunday class by emailing Steve:
donelan@speakeasy.net. Include the date when you did BWFA.
$40 for
members; $60 for
non-members.