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Mini-Courses
Free, and Small-fee
Welcome to our growing set of online Mini-Courses:
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Allergies,
Anaphylaxis, Epinephrine -- and Things You Likely Didn't Know
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Hiking & Other
Outdoor Adventure Safety (free!)
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Protest
First Aid and Safety References (free!)
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List of Topics Coming Soon -- stay tuned
See also: our
Disaster +
Travel + Wilderness First Aid online course
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a Topic
We're here to serve you!
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Please let us know what topic(s) you'd like that aren't listed here; we'd
love to hear your idea(s).
- For reference, here are our Disaster + Travel + Wilderness First Aid
(dtWFA) course topics already recorded and ready for viewing, via 3 ways
to learn -- see links at top of page for Online, Blended, and In-person
classes.
►Allergies,
Anaphylaxis, Epinephrine -- and Things You Likely Didn't Know
Description: Learn what's happening in the body during a
severe allergic reaction, why epinephrine helps and when to use it, and
what about antihistamines?!: the life-saving importance of them, which to
take, when to take, how much to take, for how long to take, and why -- crucial
information which prescribers of epinephrine rarely tell their patients.
Intended Audience: This video presents life-saving
information important for:
- people who are allergic to something
- (note: even mild allergies can progress to anaphylaxis with
subsequent exposures),
- people who do not have an allergy but go places where a call for help will
not result in an ambulance arrival in 10 minutes
- (note: you can be not allergic to something and then suffer an
allergic reaction the next exposure)
- all first aid providers
-- Note: most of the content of this video is incorporated in our
dtWFA online course.
Subtitles: available in English
Duration: 17 minutes
Instructor: Matt
Fee-per-view: $19.50**. Access & payment options:
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- View a few days from now or later: click above to charge, or
- **Multiple viewers (same place & time): see bottom of this page.
►Hiking
& Other Outdoor Adventure Safety
a.k.a. Wilderness
Rescues and Being Prepared: A Systems Approach
Description:
- Gain a solid understanding of the many steps in a wilderness rescue, and
eye-openingly how surprisingly long it takes -- as step-by-step illustrated
with an example of a 3-mile rescue that took 10½ hours.
- Learn how a short simple day trip can easily turn into an unexpected
overnighter, and an overnighter can turn into extra night(s).
- "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail," so a popular quote
goes.
- Learn how to prepare to be out there for much longer than anticipated,
not with a ubiquitous "10-essentials" list which has the magic number of 10
and perhaps should change depending on activity, duration, location, season
etc. -- but rather, from a more holistic and inclusive systems perspective
which will guide you to decide what you need to bring and train in, for your
and others' safety and survival.
- Q&A (last 17 minutes) by
Virginia
Master Naturalists volunteer Leaders. Many thanks to Michelle Prysby
for having hosted and made this continuing education webinar both possible and
accessible.
Intended Audience: Casual Hikers through multi-night
Outdoor Adventurers.
Subtitles: in English
Duration: 41 minutes NOTE: no video (audio
only) the first 1½ minutes, during welcoming remarks by Virginia Master
Naturalist Program Director Michelle Prysby.
Instructor: Matt
Fee-per-view: Free! Access
here.
►Protest
First Aid and Safety References
Description: An introduction to staying safe and healthy,
and rendering first aid at protests/rallies/actions.
Subtitles: available in English and Spanish
Duration: 5 minutes.
Instructor: Matt
Fee-per-view: Free! Access
here.
►Coming
Soon -- stay tuned:
**Multiple viewers: each additional
viewer at the same place and time gets 50% off. Go through the payment
process for one person at full price; during that process information will
appear on how to pay 50% for the other(s).
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Jan. 16-17, 2021:
Norfolk
area, VA
Jan. 23-24:
Farmville, VA
Jan. 30-31:
Harrisonburg / Staunton
area, VA
Feb. 20-21:
Richmond, VA
Wilmington
area,
NC
Feb. 27-28:
Norfolk
area, VA
Mar. 6 - 7:
Chattanooga
area, TN
Spring weekends t.b.d., tentative:
CO Springs,
CO
Denver, CO
Grand Junction,
CO
Greeley,
CO
Indianapolis, IN
Mar. 20-21:
Charlottesville,
VA
Mar. 27-28:
Norfolk
area, VA
Washington
DC area
Apr. 10-11:
Lexington, VA
PhiladelphiaPA area
Apr. 24-25:
Richmond,
VA
Triangle area
west, NC
May 8 - 9 or 15-16:
Charlottesville,
VA
May 15-16:
Norfolk
area, VA
May 22-23:
Triangle area,
NC
May 29-31 (3 days):
Mountains retreat above Blacksburg,
VA
June 5 - 6:
Washington
DC area
June 19-20:
Charlottesville,
VA
June 26-27:
Advanced WFA Pt II, Old Fields, WV
Sep. 4 - 6 (3 days):
Mountains retreat above Blacksburg,
VA
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