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Members of Boundary County Organizations Learn
Wilderness First Aid |
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February 28, 2018 |
By Sara Hall, Writer
BOUNDARY COUNTY — The Hall Mountain Volunteer
Fire Association sponsored a two-day training
workshop in Wilderness First Aid for Boundary
County first responders, and others, at the
Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday,
February 24. The trainers were Jason Luthy and
Rob Talbot of Longleaf Wilderness Medicine, a
company in Sandpoint, Idaho that specializes in
a variety of classes in Wilderness medicine.
Attendees included members of the Hall Mountain
Fire Association, members of the Boundary County
Sheriff’s Department, including Sheriff Dave
Kramer, Chief Deputy Rich Stephens, and Deputy
Caleb Watts, a Search and Rescue member, and six
members of the Hall Mountain Fire Association
Auxiliary.
Training was hands-on, with attendees breaking
into groups to practice lessons given in the
training sessions. Examples of Patient
Assessment training segments presented were l)
Scene Size-Up; 2) Initial Assessment; and 3)
Focused Assessment. Groups practiced both
indoors and outdoors in the snow.
Lunch was provided by the Hall Mountain Fire
Association Auxiliary, with Helen Chase and Mary
Ann Cruce serving. The main dish, a hearty beef
stew, was cooked by Liz Sloot of Copeland,
Idaho.
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