NOLS Working to Educate for Outdoor Emergencies

NOLS Wilderness Medicine instructors gave students the skills to assess and respond during unforeseen emergencies.

One of the most important things students learn is using what’s on hand to deal with emergencies.Students during the four week course learn the best way to deal with patients in shock, trauma and suffering from broken bones and much more.

Instructors say its essential students know the value of things like tape, towels, gauze and plain soap and water because you can only fit so many things in your back-pack.

NOLS student Jami Sutter shared, “It will give me more confidence to be a better help for the people that come across my path, and I also believe personally that the time I spend in the wilderness. I’ll be safer and the people with me are safer because I have these skills.”

Students went through classroom training and then multiple real life night-time scenario drills to hone their skills.

Instructors say it’s rare for an expedition not to have any type of medical situation where first aid is needed, in fact within the first 72 hours, it’s almost a guarantee.

NOLS Wilderness Medicine facility has around 450 students every year who take some type of first aid training.

School officials say they have also changed their name from the National Outdoor Leadership School to just NOLS the entire company is an international organization.

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