Before anyone gets too worried about Dave's health, it is important to understand that we were involved in a wilderness first aid course this past weekend. It was sponsored by school and taught by instructors from the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) which is based in Wyoming. Our time was split pretty evenly between classroom sessions where we got a lot of information:
and scenarios where our classmates feigned injury in order to be treated by us. Here we are working on a patient who broke his ankle after becoming a bit inebriated. Beth is holding his head still just in case he injured his spinal column.
We also did some practice in CPR. We both took a course in this when we were at Calvin, but it was a much needed refresher. You can see our classmates listening for signs of breath in their "patients," and us in the background doing chest compressions.
It was a long weekend of time spent in the classroom, but it has made us much more confident in our ability to care for students when we are out on hikes. Hopefully we'll never have to use our new skills, but we are ready if we do!
Dave and Beth
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