This 18-hour Wilderness First Aid course is sponsored by the Climbing Section of the Chemeketan outdoor club. The training will be held at Silver Falls State Park  November 8-9, 2025

The course training certificate, good for 2 years, is issued by the Emergency Care and Safety Institute in association with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
The class will run from 8 am to 7:15 pm on Saturday and 8 am to 4:30 pm on Sunday.  

The course will cover first aid skills and decision-making using realistic emergency medical scenarios as might be encountered on a climbing, hiking or backpacking trip in the Cascades.  This will be a fun, intense, hands-on course that includes simulated-terrifying outdoor scenarios in dark, cold, wet, chaotic conditions.

Course Text: Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care in Remote Locations, 6th Edition. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Students are welcome to read the whole text but that we won’t be covering chapters 9, 24, 25, 26, 28, and 31 in this course.

Registration and course information at https://www.chemeketans.org/