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STUART CLARK
Managing Director
WILD AID |
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WHAT IS WILDERNESS FIRST AID TRAINING? Exploring the current myth
Wilderness First Aid is a confusing term, one that generates many questions for the outdoor centre and guide:
- What is the ‘Wilderness’ - is my centre or operation conducting activities in a remote/wilderness environment and how is this defined?
- What should a first aid training package consist of when a party operates in wilderness environments? Are we trying to play the bush doctor?
- What does the industry and legislation recommend or mandate in regard to this area of training? Have some myths been build in the marketplace about minimum standards?
- What qualifications lie behind the term wilderness first aid and how are they constructed? Exploring the training packages.
- What first aid equipment should our guides be carrying, should we have onsite at our centre, and in our safety vehicle? Risk-orientated training and purchasing.
- How do I keep myself/my staff ready to respond effectively to all variety of wilderness emergencies all-year round? The WILD AID approach.
There is a real need to clarify these issues, as so many people we speak to have been bamboozled by what they have read or been told in relation to wilderness first aid standards, accreditation and program design.
In this presentation WILD AID will address the above issues in order that programs managers and guides alike can clearly identify what is required on their risk management profile or personal resumes. We will dispel the myths that have surrounded this area of training for many years now and pose a question to delegates – what level of training do YOU need?
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Biography |
Stuart Clark began his career in outdoor education as a trainee guide in 1995 on the Hawkesbury River. Since then he has worked for a number of outdoor education companies and schools as a guide, and later as a qualified secondary school teacher.
His company Wild Aid First Aid was established in 2006 with the ideal of offering the best remote area first aid training programs in Australia – recently Wild Aid First Aid has amalgamated with a specialist trauma management training company to form Wilderness Emergency Management Training, or Wilderness EMT – this company sees the strengths of two well-respected training organisations moving ahead towards a common goal: the provision of the best remote area training program in the country and beyond.
Stuart's passions are his family, skiing, hiking, mountain bike riding and kayaking. |
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