WILDERNESS MEDICINE INSTITUTE OF NOLS WILDERNESS FIRST RESPONDER RECERTIFICATION COURSE INVOICE STATEMENT
Name:___________________________________________________ COURSE DATES/TITLE: WFR Recert Course Whitman College Walla Walla, WA February 14-16, 2009
COST: MEALS:
$225 Whitman students & staff, $250 Community members N/A
DOUGLAS GUEST ROOM: (Feb. 13 evening-Feb 16 morning)(opt.): $45 SUBTOTAL: LESS DEPOSIT: BALANCE DUE:
ALL COURSE FEES ARE DUE AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION. PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE WHITMAN COLLEGE OUTDOOR PROGRAM. THANK YOU Whitman College WA Tax ID # 363-006-517 Whitman College Federal Tax ID # 91-056-7740
WILDERNESS FIRST RESPONDER RECERTIFICATION Sponsored by the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS and the Whitman College Outdoor Program DATES: February 14-16, 2009 COST: $250 (community); $225 (Whitman) LOCATION: Walla Walla, WA, 99362 COURSE DESCRIPTION Are your wilderness medicine protocols on the tip of your tongue or in the bottom of your pack? Join the leader in wilderness medicine for a three-day scenario-based course to review and practice evacuation and decision making guidelines. Our dynamic, experienced instructors will refresh you on the current techniques, protocols and controversies in the wilderness medicine field. You'll have opportunities to ask questions based on your real life experiences and practice scenarios and case studies that will challenge you. The WFR Recertification course also includes Adult CPR. This course is the most popular recertification program in Wilderness Medicine and is ideal for current Wilderness First Responders and Wildereness EMTs. The WFR Recertification course is preapproved for 18 hours of EMT CEU’s by CECBEMS. RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS If you hold a current Wilderness First Responder certification from WMI, SOLO, NOLS, OpEPA, WMA or WPT, you will receive a WMI WFR certification upon successful completion of your WFA or WFR Recert only course. If you hold a current WFR certification from any other wilderness medicine organization you will receive a letter of course completion in lieu of a WMI WFR certification. This letter of completion may allow you to recertify with your original certifying organization. You must contact that organization prior to your WMI course to ensure that our course will meet their requirements for recertification. All students are required to submit a photocopy of their WFR certification card on the first day of the course. There is a one-year grace period for recertification of WMI cards. (Keep in mind that your certification is not current during this grace period and therefore you can not work as a Wilderness First Responder.) You will be required to complete a WRITTEN EXAM at the BEGINNING of the course – this multiple choice exam will require you to review previous course materials in order to achieve a passing score (80%).
REGISTRATION/POLICIES Tuition payment in full is required to reserve your spot in the course. Tuition is non-transferable. Tuition is payable by check (with driver’s license number), or cash. Check should be made payable to the Whitman College Outdoor Program. Once the course has begun, no refunds of any moneys will be awarded. The tuition fee covers textbooks, syllabus, equipment and certification cards. A full refund will be given if we are forced to cancel the course for any reason. Please send full payment along with contact information to: The Whitman College Outdoor Program, 280 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA, 99362. A confirmation of your payment and registration will then be made. CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY If a student cancels or withdraws from a course: Greater than or equal to 30 days prior to the course starting date, sponsor will retain a $35.00 administrative fee. Between 29 days to 14 days prior to the course starting date, sponsor will retain 50% of the course tuition. 13 days prior to the course starting date and throughout the duration of the course all deposit and tuition moneys are non-refundable. All course registrations are non-transferable. Acknowledgment and Assumption of Risks Release and Indemnity Agreement: Please read the enclosed document very carefully as it affects your legal rights. We ask that you bring this signed document to the first day of the course. If you are a minor, the document must be signed by a parent or guardian. Failure to provide a signed document will result in you not being able to participate in the course. WMI participants, including minors, will have unsupervised free time throughout the course. Any activities during the free time are not part of the WMI program and are at the sole risk of the participant. WMI Release form available for download from Whitman OP website. CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS WMI is proud to be a Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS) accredited organization. Current EMTs are eligible to receive 18 hours CEU hours for their WMI WFR Recert course. Please bring a photocopy of your current EMT card(s) with you to your course. CLASS FORMAT & EQUIPMENT Check in is at 7:45 AM on Saturday in the small ballroom of the Reid Campus Center. WFR Recertification course days run from 8:00am to 5:00pm. The format for this 24-hour WFR recertification is one of scenario based learning. Keep in mind that Monday is Presidents Day and is a holiday for most people which is why we are having the last day of class then. Scenarios and practice sessions will take place both inside and outside. Please bring clothing appropriate for laying on the potentially wet, snowy, cold ground playing the role of both rescuer and patient. Frequently stage (moulage) blood and make-up will be used to emphasize the reality of a scenario. Generally the classroom environment lends itself to a pair of comfy shoes/slipper and a crazy creek-type chair. Please come equipped with a light day-pack, waterproof top and bottom,
light hiking boots and layers well suited for spending time outside playing the roles of patient and rescuer. TRAVEL/DIRECTIONS From the West: Take Route 12 to Walla Walla. Take the Clinton Street exit, go through the Light at Isaacs and after a few more blocks you will come to Boyer. Turn right onto Boyer, and drive a few more blocks to S. Park Street. The Reid Campus Center is the large new brick building on the Southwest corner of the intersection of Boyer and South Park Street. The Ballroom is on the main floor. If you are coming to Walla Walla from the south then take Route 125 until you intersect Route 12 and then follow the directions above. The outdoor program rental shop is located in the basement of the Reid Campus Center and the director’s office is one door to the right of the rental shop. LODGING Limited housing space is available in the Douglas Hall Guest Room on campus. This unit has a bedroom with two single beds, a living room with a couch/bed, a small kitchenette, a small refrigerator and a bathroom with a shower. Expect to share this space with two other class participants if you choose this option. The cost is $45 for the length of the course. This room is available starting on the night of February 13, 2009 until the morning of February 16, 2009. Depending upon demand, housing may also be available at the Whitman College Cabin which located 20 miles outside of town. It has electric wall heaters, an electric cook range (with limited utensils), hot running water, and a bathroom with a shower. It sleeps eight on four bunk beds. It is available for the length of the course for $45 per person, payable by the first day of the course. You must supply your own bedding and pillows; mattresses and mattress covers are provided. Directions will be provided if this option is taken. Contact the Outdoor Rental Shop (509) 527-5965 if you are interested in the Douglas Guest Room or the college cabin. Arrangements for keys and a map can then be made. Walla Walla also has many hotel options and the Walla Walla Vineyard Inn (509) 529-4360 and the Travel Lodge (509) 529-4940 are the closest. Feel free to contact the OP Director for other possible options. Walla Walla also has many hotel options. Feel free to check out the Whitman website for a list of surrounding hotels.
• There is no meal plan for this course. A few favorite places for students to eat include: Merchants LTD & French Bakery 21 E. Main St. 525-0900 (Nice place for breakfast or lunch) Stone Soup 105 E. Alder St. 525-5008 (Good place for lunch) Bangkok 103 Café 44 N. College Ave, College Place 522- 3007 (Thai food, good place for dinner. Make reservation)
PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE REID CAMPUS CENTER. NO ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED ON THE SITE
We are very interested in everyone enjoying the course and their stay, so please feel free to contact us for any assistance. Safe travels, Brien Sheedy Whitman College Outdoor Program Director sheedybr@whitman.edu 509-522-4395 (Work) 509-529-7878 (Home) Sam Norgaard-Stroich Alicia “Lish” Riley Whitman College Rental Shop Manager Outdoor Program Assistant Director rilerab@whitman.edu norgaas@whitman.edu 509-527-5965 (Work) 509-527-5791 509-386-7346 (Cell)
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WFR RECERT REGISTRATION FORM 2009 Please mail with full tuition to: Whitman College Outdoor Program, Attn. WFR Re-cert, 280 Boyer Ave, Walla Walla, WA, 99362. Checks should be made to the Whitman College Outdoor Program. If you have any questions then feel free to call 509-527-5965, 509-522-4395 or 509527-5791. Please enroll me in: Wilderness First Responder Re-certification Course at Whitman College on February 14-16, 2009 $250 Community members $225 Whitman students Fee payable now: full tuition of $ ______ Douglas Guest Room: $45 opt. $ ______ Paid by: check # ______________ Sorry, We do NOT take credit cards. Whitman College WA Tax Id # 363-006-517 Whitman College Federal Tax ID # 91-056-7740 If you hold a current Wilderness First Responder certification from WMI, SOLO, NOLS, OpEPA, WMA or WPT, you will receive a WMI WFR certification upon successful completion of your WFA or WFR Recert only course. If you hold a current WFR certification from any other wilderness medicine organization you will receive a letter of course completion in lieu of a WMI WFR certification. This letter of completion may allow you to recertify with your original certifying organization. You must contact that organization prior to your WMI course to ensure that our course will meet their requirements for recertification. All students are required to submit a photocopy of their WFR certification card on the first day of the course. There is a one-year grace period for recertification of WMI cards. (Keep in mind that your certification is not current during this grace period and therefore you can not work as a Wilderness First Responder.) Name: _______________________________________ Address:________________________________________________________ Phones: Work (___)_____________________________ _ Home (___)_____________________________
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