Topics covered in the course include:
Preparation for Emergencies
The "Seven Steps to Survival"(a priority listing of steps to take during an emergency), the role of preparation in dealing with emergencies, and survival kits.
Cold Water Survival
Overview of types of personal flotation devices (PFDs), includes advantages, disadvantages, and maintenance as well as cold water survival techniques. A pool practical is included.
Sea Survival, Equipment, Procedures & Onboard Drills
Discussion, hands-on demonstration and practice with survival equipment including EPIRBs (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons), life rafts, flares, immersion suits, and fire fighting equipment. Also, abandon ship procedures, stability, U.S. Coast Guard-assisted evacuations, vessel orientation, and emergency instruction.
Land Survival
Techniques important to surviving in Alaska's environment including shelters, signals and the "Seven Steps to Survival" as they apply to a shore survival situation.
Food and Water in a Survival Situation
The vital role of water in a sea or land survival situation with emphasis on the importance of a safe water supply and preventing dehydration.
Cold Water Near Drowning
The latest information on cold water near-drowning, including a review of the latest State of Alaska guidelines.
Hypothermia
Hypothermia physiology, prevention, recognition, and treatment in accordance with the latest State of Alaska guidelines.
Risk Assesment and Risk Management
Theories of risk assesment, risk perceptions and tolerances, how to increase risk recognition skills, and risk management as applicable to teaching marine safety and workplace and in recreational activities.
Overnight Exercise
This overnight exercise allows course participants to experience a "survival" situation in a life raft or on shore. Use of rations, safe sources of food and water, and dressing to prevent hypothermia are stressed. This exercise and the debriefing that follows make up the culminating course activities. This overnight exercise will be monitored by myself--a trained marine safety instructor.
This new course offering is an intensive 68-hour, 7 day program designed to train teenagers to effectively stay safe, and in an emergency situation, survive cold water, land, and small boat catastrophes and become skilled in using marine safety equipment and survival gear.
Cold Water, Land, and Small Boat Safety and Survival Course
As teens grow and assume more and more responsibility, they are in need of being trained to survive life's emergencies. In Alaska, there are many opportunities for folks to enjoy the wilderness and all it has to offer. But with this opportunity comes the responsibility to know how to be safe and in the event of an emergency, survive the harsh wilderness environment. This being known, we have developed a program to train students with lots of "hands-on" training to help them enjoy and be safe in Alaska.
Cost for the class is: $390
and includes all food, equipment,
transportation to the cabin, all
books and materials.
**This class is available students entering
9-12th grade only.
This course is mostly a hands-on course allowing students to be active participants and practicing survival and emergency procedures by using actual U.S. Coast Guard equipment.
Thanks to the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association for use of all equipment and financial grant to make the classes possible.
IMPORTANT!!
We allow a maximum enrollment of 10 students.
Check with your school about the transfer of credit for this class prior to registration.
In the past, all courses we have offered have transferred to Kenai Central High School, Soldotna High School, Skyview High School,
Cook Inlet Academy, and Connections.
This 7 day class takes place on Skilak Lake at our cabin on Caribou Island. All cold water training and boat safety will be done close to shore in shallow water. Land survival will take place on Frying Pan Island just next to Caribou Island.
Students will eat, sleep, and spend time in class at our 800
Frying Pan
Island
Caribou Island
square foot cabin complete with full kitchen, hot shower, and electricity for video training. Students will be sleeping in 2 large 10 person tents.
May 24--June 1
