US Outdoor First Aid

02/06/2026

02/06/2026

Our SAR/First Aid event last night at Pawnee District Roundtable was pretty successful. We covered Requirement 7a for the Emergency Prep Merit Badge.

The Scouts had to find the patients and splint an ankle and treat a head injury in the dark. The scenario was finding and treating people in the aftermath of a tornado.

The older Scout volunteers also earned one community service hour for rank advancement.

Well done Scouts and here’s a shout out to Troop 736 in Wichita for doing our original version of this activity!

02/03/2026

What a busy past 4 days! I was able to be a Workshop Speaker at the Kansas Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership convention and teach four Stop the Bleed certification classes at Newton High School. We also talked about how to recognize patients with op**te overdoses, what Naloxone is and how to use it for narcotic overdoses.

Next up this week is a Search and Rescue/First Aid training event and then on to next week!

02/01/2026

Ingrid is “rebuilt” and ready for 4 Stop the Bleed classes at Newton High tomorrow! Lookin’ good!

02/01/2026

It’s been awhile since Ingrid had a “rebuild”. This time it is with Flex tape instead of gorilla tape. We’ll see how it works!

02/01/2026

Had a great time at the KFB Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership Conference today.

Based on what participants told me the “First Aid on the Farm” work shop session was pretty well received. We’ll likely be doing some full scale First Aid sessions in the future with various Farm Bureau groups.

01/31/2026

Gettin ready for the Young Farmers and Ranchers trade show and my workshop presentation this afternoon.

05/10/2025

We’ll be talking to people at the 5.11 store vendor fair until 3 pm today.

Come on down…they have a 25% off sale on all 5.11 brand gear. That’s pretty good!

05/03/2025

We finished up our 4-evening Wilderness First Aid certification class for the Troop 127 Northern Tier canoe adventure crew this past Wednesday. It was a lot of fun and the participants learned a lot.

Not a single PowerPoint was used. The hands-on training was very popular!

04/19/2025

04/17/2025

Our new Wilderness First Aid class for the Troop 127 Northern Tier crew is working well. The format is primarily hands-on outdoor First Aid training.

In our 2nd session last evening we covered identifying and treating trauma injuries on the trail.

Wilderness First Aid is a 16-hour class. We have broken it up into 4 evening sessions which is easier on brains and behinds.

Here are some photos of Session 2.

If interested in doing a similar session contact Doug Trumble at dougtrumble.emt@gmail.com.