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Nov 16, 2017

 

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When Your Teammate Becomes Your Patient: My First Aid Training in Action

looking over the handlebars of a mountain bike at a dirt path winding through trees on a foggy day
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Whether you’re deep in the mountains or just miles from town in your local park, wilderness medicine training can come in handy—and even save a life.

Adam Karst, a NOLS Wilderness First Aid (WFA) graduate from Virginia, was training with a friend for a race at a local park when he noticed his teammate was no longer behind him. As Adam puts it, a scenario that he practiced on his WFA course helped him spring to action.

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