FREE Course -- Remote Responder First-Aid & Backcountry Emergencies - Wed, Mar 11 2009

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FREE Course -- Remote Responder First-Aid & Backcountry Emergencies (3/11/2009)

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED:Once you've reviewed the event details, and decided you'd like to join us, you MUST sign up at the bottom of this page.You will then make your payment for this event at the venue, NOT in advance to the COC.

You are STRONGLY encouraged to read this page in its entirety before signing up. If you'd like to attend, we ask that you abide by our rules and procedures as a time/cost saving process (with an end result of keeping membership free and lower cost events).

The Basics:
Event Type:Learn
Event Location:CAOC meeting room - 1111 Memorial Drive NW - Indoor Session
Date(s) & Time:Wed, Mar 11 2009  9:00 AM  (Carpool Departure: N/A   *log in for location*)
Registration Cut Off: Fri, Feb 27 2009 11:30:00 AM
Event Duration:24 hours -- 3 full days on w/day --March 11,12,13
Difficulty Rating:D1: Easy
Event Coordinator(s): Sylvia(1) A.
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Member Cost:$50.00/Person (See Detailed Cost Info Below)

Participant Info:
Who's Invited: Members Only, 21 And Older Only
Maximum Group Size:15
Maximum No. Guests:0
Minimum Group Size:15
Maximum No. Guests Per Member:0
Number Registered So Far: 15 (Log in to see who's signed up.)
Are Dogs Permitted: No

Itinerary:
If there are any last minute cancellations-wait list members will get contacted.
One of the objectives of the Calgary Outdoor Training Program in 2009 is to provide educational sessions where members can learn about different aspects of the outdoors. Therefore, we are extremely fortunate in that this course, which usually costs $250+GST per person, will be paid for us by another organization!! Knowing basic first aid is great, however if you're an avid outdoor person who is always participating in COC mountain events then this course if definitely for you. Since your COC coordinators play an important role and take on a lot of responsibility when they take you out to the mountains, they will get FIRST DIBS to register for this course. HOWEVER,if the coordinators have not filled the spots, I will start shifting members from the wait list to the events list. So check your emails and website to see if you've been approved since you will then have 24hours from the time you're accepted to make your $50 deposit to secure your spot.

This 3-day event will be given to us by Rocky Mtn. Adventure Medicine Inc. This course is based on Standard First Aid principles with a focus on back-country situations, and features 1 day of outside scenario simulations and 2 days of indoor training at the CAOC office.

Course Length: 24 hours -- March 11,12,13 9am to 5pm

Some of the items that will be covered will be:
� Patient assessment � Wound management � Fractures � Dislocations � Head and facial trauma � Lightning � Dehydration � Cold injuries � Bites, stings, poisons and toxins � Drowning/near drowning � Changes in level of consciousness � Respiratory distress � Diabetes � Outdoor first-aid kits � Packaging and transportation � and more.....

Since this course is being paid for us, if you sign up,we need 100% commitment that that you will attend. Kindly, please review the following before you sign up:
1. If you are a COC member or a COC volunteer coordinator and have in the past 1 year only done COC Urban/city/ and team events and/or social events you are unfortunately not eligible and should NOT put your name on the wait list. To be eligible, in the past year, you must have already participated in several COC mountain events(scrambles or hikes or mtn. bike trips or backpack trips or cross country ski trips or snowshoe trips or mtn runs).
2. If your "history" indicates several "no shows", you are not eligible.
3. If you sign up you must put your name on the wait list.
4. If you are selected you will receive an email and because of "time constraints" from our sponsor you will have 24 hours from the time you've been approved to secure your spot and put a $50 deposit for this event.
5. If after 24 hours we have not received a $50 deposit, unfortunately your name will be removed from the events list and another candidate will be selected.
6. If after having been approved and you have have given your deposit and you cancel you will unfortunately not be able to get your deposit back AND you will receive a "no show"-no exceptions.
7. If you complete the 3 day training course in full(you get certified) your $50 will shortly thereafter be refunded(see details below), if you cancel your $50 will be donated to "The Friends of Kananaskis Country".

PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A STRICT DEADLINE OF THURSDAY 26, 2009 TO GET MEMBERS SIGNED UP. I'VE TAKEN THIS GREAT COURSE WHICH IS MAINLY GEARED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ALOT OF MOUNTAIN EVENTS, WHICH INVOLVES ALOT OF ROLE PLAYING IN MOUNTAIN SITUATIONS. THEREFORE, TO GET THE MAXIMUM FROM THIS COURSE+GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP, ALTHOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE MEMBERS ON THE WAIT LIST, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SIGN-UP'S WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ALOT OF COC MOUNTAIN EVENTS, UNFORTUNATELY THIS COURSE WILL GET CANCELED AND SPONSORSHIP WILL HAVE TO BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.


Recommended Items to Bring:
Use our Event Checklists to make sure you have everything you need.

How to Get There:
Event Directions:- Indoor training: CAOC office located in old fire hall in Kensington
- Outdoor training:to be confirmed
Carpool to Event Distance (round trip):0Km
Carpool Departure Time: N/A
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Carpool Directions:   Log in for directions
** Calgary Transit Info

Notes:

- Details of this event are subject to undergo a change at any point in time, with or without warning.
- Notice any errors or problems in the information on this page? Please notify our Content Editor(s), Wendy W and Lynda H., at content@calgaryoutdoorclub.com.

Cost & Payment:
Member Cost:$50.00/Person
Cost Includes:-$50 per member upon being accepted for the course.
-If you pay with PayPal, we can only refund the full amount for 60 days. After that, we have to pay the PayPal service fees.
-If you paye pay with Online Banking, we can only refund you the full amount MINUS $1.50 for our bank fees.
Make a Payment:Although there is a cost for this event, you do not pay through the COC. Please review the event details carefully for information about how/where to make your payment.

Cancellation/Partial Attendance:
*Note: -If you pay with PayPal, we can only refund the full amount for 60 days. After that, we have to pay the PayPal service fees.
-If you pay pay with Online Banking, we can only refund you the full amount MINUS $1.50 for our bank fees.