Wilderness First Aid Class Register

Date and Time:
Sat, Oct 4, 2025; 8:00 AM (Pacific) - Sun, Oct 5, 2025  5:00 PM  (Pacific)

Organized By: San Francisco Bay Chapter

Location: 2101 Webster St #1300, Oakland, CA 94612, USA

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Event Organizers:
Stephen Donelan
   donelan@sonic.net

Saturday October 4 & Sunday October 5, 8am to 5pm.

Wilderness First Aid in Oakland, Sierra Club National HQ, 2101 Webster St. Suite 1300. 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.

Registration: RSVP to this page and send an email to the instructor, Steve Donelan: donelan@sonic.net. cc: firstaid@sfbaysc.org. Steve will email you a schedule and instructions.

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.

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

Please bring a Check or Cash to the class, Payable to Steve Donelan.

Join the Sierra Club and get the lower prices!

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

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.

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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.