Canadian Wilderness Medical Training Workshop

This will be the third year in a row that the WCA has offered this workshop in the urban area of Toronto. Again we are kindly being hosted in the Mountain Equipment Company's Community Room. We will have an instructor from the CWMT Wilderness First Aid training group. This 16-hour course concentrates on the basics of packaging and transporting patients and managing life and limb threats in remote environments. It includes prevention and treatment of common environmental problems like hypothermia and heat exhaustion and stroke. The Wilderness First Aid programs are designed for the recreational outdoor enthusiast, club leader, and the professional guide. These courses are based on the principals of wilderness care and first aid. ** The WCA highly recommends that people organizing back country canoe trips take this course -- especially on multi-day trips where 911 help isn't accessible. Also, it doesn't hurt to have multiple people trained on any trip.

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