Basic/Wilderness First Aid Class in Palo Alto - Loma Prieta Chapter

Date and Time:
Sat, Mar 22, 2025; 8:00 AM (Pacific) - Sun, Mar 23, 2025  5:00 PM  (Pacific)

Organized By: San Francisco Bay Chapter

Location: 3921 E Bayshore Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA

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Event Organizers:
Stephen Donelan
   donelan@sonic.net
Lisa Barboza
   grg.chair@lomaprieta.sierraclub.org

Wilderness First Aid in Palo Alto:  Location: Peninsula Conservation Center, 3921 E. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto CA.  Certification by the National Association for Search and Rescue, valid 2 years, is included in the course fee. The textbook is not included in the fee.

There are two options:   Wilderness First Aid: Both days. $80 for Sierra Club members; $100 for non-members.  Basic Wilderness First Aid: Saturday only. $50 for Sierra Club members; $60 for non-members.

RSVP here.

Registration: 1. Send an email to the instructor, Steve Donelan: donelan@sonic.net. cc: grg.chair@lomaprieta.sierraclub.org. Steve will email you a schedule and instructions.2. Please go to Loma Prieta Chapter Calendar (https://www.sierraclub.org/loma-prieta/calendar), find the dates, and RSVP.

2. Payment: Pay the instructor in class: cash or check to Steve Donelan, Textbook: Wilderness Emergency Care by Steve Donelan. You can use the old edition for this class (or Steve's Wilderness First Aid) if you have it. If not, order Wilderness Emergency Care, Third Edition Revised from Amazon. It is now published by NASAR, greatly revised and expanded, with all photos in full color. The instructor, Steve Donelan has been developing and teaching courses in wilderness and pre-hospital emergency care for 39 years.

He is the program author and instructor trainer for the WEC program he developed for the National Association for Search and Rescue (www.wildernessemergencycare.org), and has been an Outdoor Emergency Care instructor for the National Ski Patrol since the beginning of the program in 1988.

Steve has published many articles on emergency care and how to teach it, as well as several textbooks. He was also a peer reviewer and contributor for the Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care.

Cost: 1 day: Basic Wilderness First Aid (Saturday only) satisfies First Aid requirements for level 1 leaders (day hikes). $50/$60 2 days: Wilderness First Aid for overnight backcountry leaders  (Saturday and Sunday) $80/$100

Join the Sierra Club and get the lower prices. Please bring a Check or Cash to the class, Payable to Steve Donelan.

Current SF Bay Chapter Outings Leaders: The Bay Chapter will pay for your instruction. Please RSVP as normal and email firstaid@sfbaysc.org. Then, mail a $50 deposit check (payable to Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter) to: Sierra Club, Attn: WFA, PO Box 2663, Berkeley, CA 94702. This check will be destroyed if you attend the class, but will be cashed if you don't show up. Include your mailing address, email, phone number, and which section you lead for. Indicate if you are also attending the Sunday class. The Chapter will pay for both days.

Signup Instructions: 1. Please RSVP. 2. Send an email to Steve Donelan at donelan@sonic.net, and CC Lisa Barboza grg.chair@lomaprieta.sierraclub.org.

Bring: A thirst for learning, water, lunch, writing materials, comfortable clothing, and materials for making splints and such.

Signup Instructions: Please RSVP to this event.

Bring: Weather appropriate clothing, water, lunch, items to use for making splints in the backcountry.

Additional Directions: Enter the PCC building from the small back door.

Click here for the event listing and to RSVP.