Hi all,
I wanted to take a moment and let you know of some upcoming training courses in Idaho and how that might apply to you.
But first, why should I consider getting training ?
I think that it is easy to get lost in all of the planning and joy that comes with the overlanding life style. We have some amazing rigs, and some really cool gear. People on this forum go all over the world in their pursuits of this passion. Often times one of the biggest things that we do not spend enough time thinking about is our training of what to do when something goes wrong. Getting trained in being able to manage medical emergencies and how to improvise, make judgement calls and decisions is one of the most importing things we can do as back country travelers.
Sure, lots of us carry sat phones, SPOT's inreach's etc but would you know how to manage a true medical emergency if it arrived? what if that chopper or that rescue was 12 hours 2 days a week away? Would you know how to manage and take care of the situation? would you know when to pul the plug and self evac if a member of your party was suffering from a sickness?
LOTS of us have already gone out and gotten training but if you have not yet done so, or if you feel rusty you owe it to your self and those you travel with to change that situation.
I work for the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS ( National Outdoor Leadership School) we offer medical training and risk management classes all over the world. we have roughly 15-16 thousand students per year and each one of those is supported and backed by the leader in outdoor education and training, NOLS. What we teach is evidence informed cutting edge education. WMI is the worlds largest wilderness medical school and consults with doctors all over the world to ensure that our protocols and standards are up to date.
We are running several classes this fall in McCall Idaho at the McCall Outdoor Science school. We have room in our Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness First Aid, and WFR-recert classes.
I will be personally teaching several of these classes and wanted to extend the invite to join this learning community to the ExPo world.
If you have been thinking about getting training this would be a great chance to do so.
McCall Idaho is a great little mountain town in the west central mountains. Lots to see and do, including thousands of miles of back roads, BLM and forrest service lands that are begging to be explored and some damn fine fly fishing to be had.
feel free to check out these sites for more info
http://www.nols.edu/wmi
http://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/moss/communityengagement/Outreach Programs
feel free to also take a look at some students in action and talking about why they choose to take their course at MOSS
and my self and another instructor talking about why MOSS is such a great location to learn and what WMI is all about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4DZElh6kA ( the students) if you look real close you might catch sight of one of my toyota's that was being used in a scenario.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcHfVzpQ9Q ( the instructors )
This is by no means a plug for a commission, I get no bonus or extra pay based on students. We cap the class size at 30 and run them with 2 staff to get a good ratio for hands on learning and feedback. I wanted to throw this out there because I firmly think that the most important thing that we take with us is our knowledge. The fancy first aid kit is worthless if you dont know how to use it. The communication we carry is worthless if we call for help but do not know what to do in till help arrives.
Please feel free to PM me for more info or shoot me an email Tim_Dorsey@nols.edu ( faster response) if you have any questions about these courses or really about anything in general. I would be more then happy to help a fellow over lander out with their training questions, any what if's you might have or if you just want to talk about the topic.
Cheers,
Tim Dorsey
WMET, WMI Instuctor
I wanted to take a moment and let you know of some upcoming training courses in Idaho and how that might apply to you.
But first, why should I consider getting training ?
I think that it is easy to get lost in all of the planning and joy that comes with the overlanding life style. We have some amazing rigs, and some really cool gear. People on this forum go all over the world in their pursuits of this passion. Often times one of the biggest things that we do not spend enough time thinking about is our training of what to do when something goes wrong. Getting trained in being able to manage medical emergencies and how to improvise, make judgement calls and decisions is one of the most importing things we can do as back country travelers.
Sure, lots of us carry sat phones, SPOT's inreach's etc but would you know how to manage a true medical emergency if it arrived? what if that chopper or that rescue was 12 hours 2 days a week away? Would you know how to manage and take care of the situation? would you know when to pul the plug and self evac if a member of your party was suffering from a sickness?
LOTS of us have already gone out and gotten training but if you have not yet done so, or if you feel rusty you owe it to your self and those you travel with to change that situation.
I work for the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS ( National Outdoor Leadership School) we offer medical training and risk management classes all over the world. we have roughly 15-16 thousand students per year and each one of those is supported and backed by the leader in outdoor education and training, NOLS. What we teach is evidence informed cutting edge education. WMI is the worlds largest wilderness medical school and consults with doctors all over the world to ensure that our protocols and standards are up to date.
We are running several classes this fall in McCall Idaho at the McCall Outdoor Science school. We have room in our Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness First Aid, and WFR-recert classes.
I will be personally teaching several of these classes and wanted to extend the invite to join this learning community to the ExPo world.
If you have been thinking about getting training this would be a great chance to do so.
McCall Idaho is a great little mountain town in the west central mountains. Lots to see and do, including thousands of miles of back roads, BLM and forrest service lands that are begging to be explored and some damn fine fly fishing to be had.
feel free to check out these sites for more info
http://www.nols.edu/wmi
http://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/moss/communityengagement/Outreach Programs
feel free to also take a look at some students in action and talking about why they choose to take their course at MOSS
and my self and another instructor talking about why MOSS is such a great location to learn and what WMI is all about.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4DZElh6kA ( the students) if you look real close you might catch sight of one of my toyota's that was being used in a scenario.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmcHfVzpQ9Q ( the instructors )
This is by no means a plug for a commission, I get no bonus or extra pay based on students. We cap the class size at 30 and run them with 2 staff to get a good ratio for hands on learning and feedback. I wanted to throw this out there because I firmly think that the most important thing that we take with us is our knowledge. The fancy first aid kit is worthless if you dont know how to use it. The communication we carry is worthless if we call for help but do not know what to do in till help arrives.
Please feel free to PM me for more info or shoot me an email Tim_Dorsey@nols.edu ( faster response) if you have any questions about these courses or really about anything in general. I would be more then happy to help a fellow over lander out with their training questions, any what if's you might have or if you just want to talk about the topic.
Cheers,
Tim Dorsey
WMET, WMI Instuctor