Clinic
Trail Emergency Preparedness - Mountaineers Tacoma Program Center
Learn First Aid and Emergency Procedures to promote safety while on the trail. This is designed to give some tips to staying medically safe while in our PNW woods. Also this fulfills one requirement to becoming a volunteer hike and backpacking leader.
Contacts
- Thu, Jun 1, 2023
- Tacoma Hiking & Backpacking Committee
- First Aid
- Adults
- Easy
- $35.00 $60.00
- 12 (21 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
TIME: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
LOCATION: Tacoma Mountaineers Program Center, 2302 N 30th St, Tacoma, WA 98403. Second floor conference room.
Please arrive few minutes early to sign in and help with set up as needed. The event will start right at 6:00pm.
COMMENT: Sorry but this clinic will be cancelled if sign-up is 5 participants or less.
LEADERS NOTES: This class is designed for those wanting trail first aid training, but unable to participate in Wilderness First Aid (WFA) or Mountaineer Oriented First Aid (MOFA) classes. I am a physician who has completed MOFA and WFA but because of the limited scope of this course, you will not obtain any special certification. It is also meets the minimum requirement for first aid and emergency medical training to becoming a volunteer hike and backpacking leader through Tacoma Branch although either MOFA or WFA are required eventually for all Tacoma Hike and Backpack leaders.
General topics covered include: Prevention of illness and injury, Assessment and treatment of common illnesses or injuries, Recommendations concerning items for a personal first aid kit.
The fee is $35 for Members and $60 for non-members. (Any fees collected are donated to the Tacoma Hiking and Backpacking Committee which is always working to enrich all hiking and backpacking activities for the greater Tacoma community!)
Required Equipment
Leader will send out an email to all participants 2-3 days prior to the clinic which will include the powerpoint slides.