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Register as a National Ski Patrol candidate and pay the membership
fee (a total of $130.00).
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Successfully
complete an Outdoor First Care course. This six- to eight-hour
course introduces basic assessment skills to help the first-year
candidate patroller determine appropriate support for patients
with a life-threatening illness or injury. Body substance isolation
precautions are emphasized. The course is offered by the SVNSP.
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Successfully
complete a professional-level American Heart Association CPR
class (which includes AED use) prior to the fall refresher.
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Attend our fall
Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) Refresher weekend at Squaw Valley
to meet patrol members and begin learning procedures.
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Attend the early
winter candidate orientation at Squaw Valley to tour the mountain
and start developing OEC skills.
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Attend all required
training weekends during your candidate patroller season, learning
about mountain protocols, radio use, rescue toboggan handling,
emergency scene management, and on-the-snow first aid. Six weekends
(12 days) of training are required, in addition to an additional
thirteen days of skiing with an experienced patroller to see how
things really happen. The more time you spend on the mountain,
the better.
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Successfully
pass the skiing, scene management, and toboggan handling evaluation
at the end of the candidate patroller season.
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Successfully
complete an OEC course before your second patroller season.
OEC is an EMT-level class, requiring approximately 90 hours
of class time. The course is offered in the Bay Area, Sacramento,
and/or the Tahoe area, and costs approximately $200.00.
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Working with
an assigned experienced patrol mentor during your second season,
successfully demonstrate appropriate patrolling skills in real
situations out on the mountain. Once all skills are checked
off and you've been certified by the patrol director, you’ve made it!
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