Thank you to the California Conservation Corps. We had a great two days teaching the new backcountry crews wilderness first aid and CPR. A special thanks to the administrators and leaders that made this training possible. For the first time ever, the backcountry crews received a wilderness component to their training.
This group will spend the next 6 months in California’s parks, working on trail crews all over the state. In class we found both literally and figuratively, that a little fake blood goes a long way. In two days students got lots of hands on practice with backcountry first aid skills and participated in staged scenarios.
Great work out there and have an awesome season!

Reviewing wilderness first aid skills

Successful skill scenario complete

California conservation backcountry crew

Practicing new wilderness first aid skill

Practicing new wilderness first aid skill