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Wilderness First Aid course offered this weekend at Mount Spokane

Wilderness first aid courses focus on a variety of situations that could happen away from quick medical care.
Wilderness first aid courses focus on a variety of situations that could happen away from quick medical care.

READINESS -- The Spokane Mountaineers have openings in a certified Wilderness First Aid course scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24-25, based out of the club's chalet at Mount Spokane.

Wilderness First Aid is an intensive 16-hour course geared especially to people who participate in or lead outdoor activities. 

Cost is $150 for Spokane Mountaineer members, $175 for the public, with instruction by Longleaf Wilderness Medicine based in Sandpoint.

Sign up online or contact Steve Reynolds, email sreynoldsmead@comcast.net, phone (509) 869-1122.

A separate CPR course also is available.

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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