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Refreshers” Since 1945, When T H E O E C R E F R E S H E R Advanced First Aid Was the Curriculum of Choice NATIO N A L S K I P A T R O L C Y C LE 2008 REFRESHERA O U T D O O R E MERGE N C Y C ARE C Y C LE A 2008 study guide ©2008 National Ski Patrol All System, rights Inc. reserved. ARYEH KOPA C Y C LE A 2008 In Retrospect T R A C K I N G T H E E V O L U T I O N O F required to complete medical “refreshers” since 1945, when T H E OEC R EFRESHER Advanced First Aid was the curriculum of choice. Eventually ou’re holding the Refresher Study Guide, prepping for ski it was decided that Advanced First Aid didn’t adequately season and perhaps thinking about OEC for the first cover winter topics, which led to the 1985/86 resolution that Ytime in months. For the nearly 19,000 who complete the organization would develop its own in-house program the OEC Refresher every season, it’s hard to grasp that for called Winter Emergency Care (WEC), a development that some OEC is a 12-month-a-year operation. Yet each January would guide the OEC Refresher to where it is today. the OEC Refresher Committee convenes to begin plan- Motivated by the need to ensure that members receive ning the year’s refresher, developing delivery content and the highest level of medical training possible, longtime training materials. Instructor trainers receive this material in Refresher Committee Chair John Dobson, NSP National early summer and begin working with instructors to develop Chair John Clair and others began organizing the current lesson plans and staffing for two separate refreshers: the patrol refresher process around that time. Dr. Warren Bowman instructor refresher and the patrol refresher. Division OEC was hard at work writing the first WEC text, while Clair was supervisors work with the division and local ski areas to make busy spearheading the formation of the program as a training sure that not only does the refresher happen, but that it meets course for patrollers. In 1987/88, NSP members participated the needs of the local patrols as well as the standards of the in WEC courses for the first time, and the WEC Refresher National Ski Patrol. (now the OEC Refresher) debuted. The WEC curriculum Like the NSP, which turns 70 this year, the OEC program was based on the 1984 Department of Transportation EMT and refresher have a storied history. NSP members have been curriculum, which inspired the three-segment refresher format that’s used today. The name of the curriculum was changed to OEC in 1988. In 1993, after OEC had become the standard of training for NSP members, it was settled that a committee would be selected to develop curriculum and set standards for patrol- lers’ annual refresher recertification. Committee members were chosen for their skills as outstanding instructors, cur- riculum design specialists, writers, artistic communicators and other abilities that would parlay into a diverse, flexible program. The initial team was comprised of patrollers repre- senting divisions around the country, including Tom Pearce (Eastern), Kathy Ferrigan (Central), Rose Ann Jankowski (Far West), Charles Lentz (Southern) and Doug Kremer (Pro). The group began to meet annually at different locations, first assembling at the inaugural Powderfall in Snowbird, Utah, in ‘93. When Clair was named national chair in 1996, Dobson took over as chairman of the newly-named OEC Refresher Committee, and the group became based at NSP headquar- ters in Lakewood, Colo. The work of the committee has grown and changed tremendously over the years. Initially a great deal of effort was spent writing objectives and pulling together topics that should be included in refresher review cycles. Long-term patrollers may remember the old 30-question “test” that was once associated with refreshers. This was eventually replaced by the “You Are the Rescuer” scenario discussion format, The NSP’s Winter Emergency Care Program debuted in the late ‘80s and was the which enabled patrollers to talk about real issues and the vari- predecessor of today’s OEC program and refresher. ous ways of handling them. R E F R E S H E R S T U DY G U I D E 2 NATIONAL SKI PATROL 2008 C Y C LE A 2008 The committee’s focus next turned to individual patrol- ing objectives and better focus on the task at hand. It will be lers, seeking input on what they wanted from their annual prevalent over the next few years. NSP volunteers are also refresher. Heavy emphasis began to be placed on evaluations busy writing the OEC 5th edition, developing an OEC qual- and feedback from patrollers. The committee changed its ity management program, and updating the affiliate program. emphasis from an organizational focus to a responsive one, The annual refresher continues as a vital vehicle for patrol- while maintaining its goal of reviewing one-third of the OEC lers to relearn skills and be effective on the slopes. “In the NSP skills and knowledgebase each year. there are only two activities that every member must perform,” The OEC program and OEC Refresher continue to says John Dobson. “One is to register every year. The other is evolve. The “I CAN” format that’s incorporated into this year’s that you must attend a refresher. The OEC Refresher affects refresher was created to help OEC technicians identify learn- every single member of the NSP; that’s why it’s so important.” Dr. John Dobson A TRIBUTE FROM THE OEC COMMITTEE TO THE MA N W H O H E L P E D S H A P E T H E R E F R E S H E R F O R M O R E T H A N A D E C A D E . Sitting by the pool at his home in Virgin Gorda, BVI, cradling a drink, tanned, with white hair in a pony tail, Dr. John Dobson strongly resembles Sean Connery in “Medicine Man.” It’s fitting, since like many SN P members, he is a medicine man, one who carried the OEC Refresher Committee from 1996 until retiring as its chair in 2007. Dobson is grinning broadly and telling a story in the smooth accent of a southern gentleman. It’s about an embarrassing moment in his ski patrol career—the afternoon of his first basic toboggan test, when the slope conditions were akin to skiing on an ice cube tray. Dobson, then 50, and on the tail-rope, fell as the sled began to pick up speed on the icy run. Forgetting to drop the rope, he careened past the sled and his partner, pulling the sled backwards down the hill, then overturning it; a wild tumble for the other candidate, sled and rider ensued. Dobson’s evaluators sug- John Dobson (left) at the 1996 refresher. Dobson retired gested he try again another day. He eventually went on finish Basic, pass as chair of the OEC Refresher Committee in 2007 after Senior, and, in 1998, was awarded National Appointment # 8618. That year 11 years. he was voted National Outstanding Alpine Patroller. Recently retired, Dobson has good reason to be smiling. After stepping down as chair of the Refresher Committee, he moved from Virginia to Big Sky, Mont., and has plenty of time to ski and travel with his wife, Nici Singletary. Dobson attended the Duke University Medical School, first intending to work as a cardiologist, but switched to orthopedic surgery in 1965, a specialty in which he remained for the rest of his practice. An experience at age 7, when he rode a burro with his parents to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, launched a lifelong love of the outdoors, although it would be almost 40 years before Dobson would join the NSP in 1984 at Virginia’s Wintergreen Ski Area. He was later instrumental in the formation of the OEC Refresher, which he calls an important part of his life, and led the creation of On Scene magazine. As the years sped by, Dobson found himself spending more time as a working patroller. His energies were spent serving on the National Board and Awards Committee, directing the OEC Refresher Committee, writing portions of OEC texts and other publications, and serving as the unit rep of the Wintergreen Patrol. Like many, he is proud of the 4th edition OEC text, which has been recognized nationally as one of the best EMS texts available. His advice to new candidates? Recognize that they’re becoming a part of one the best teaching organizations in the world, and part of a family that will allow them to give, learn, grow and form friendships that they will keep for the rest of their lives. Thank you, John, for your many years of service to the NSP! R E F R E S H E R S T U DY G U I D E 3 NATIONAL SKI PATROL 2008 C Y C LE A 2008 I Can! hen we, as OEC technicians, set out to refresh our OEC skills, we have the text and workbook and Refresher Study “I CAN” Example WGuide (RSG) to reference, and instructors also have the Instructor’s Guide (IG). But how do OEC technicians know where they are going in the lesson(s)? This is where, much like OBJECTIVE ASSEMBLE THE O2 EQUIPMENT a GPS mapping system, objectives come in. “I CAN” I can attach the O regulator Objectives give us direction, but too often messages get 2 to O2 tank. lost in convoluted phrases.
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