The National Ski Patrol Senior Program is a national education opportunity that is offered at the region level. The Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) Senior component allows candidates opportunities to further develop and enhance skills in the areas of leadership, decision making, and problem management of complex emergency care situations that may be encountered in a ski patrol environment. The Senior Ski and Toboggan program allows candidates opportunities to further develop and enhance advanced skills in the areas of toboggan handling and skiing, or snowboarding, on the most challenging terrain in the Region.
Successful completion of the Senior S&T component, which is now known as Outdoor Emergency Transportation (OET), requires attending Senior level clinics where Division certified Trainer’s help candidates develop their own self-paced training progression to understand and achieve the Senior skill level.
Attainment of the OEC component requires completion of three phases, training clinics, written exercises and a final on-hill evaluation. The program is designed to both develop and challenge candidates’ skills in managing complex multiple injury and multiple patient situations that they can expect to encounter as ski patrollers. Candidates will develop their skills not only as OEC technicians, but also as leaders, problem solvers and emergency scene managers.
Both of these programs are fun, challenging and educational. Please join us in an introductory meeting on Senior Program Kick-off Meeting. If you plan to attend, please register for the activity by clicking on this link.
Both programs offer a calendar of more than 10 training opportunities which can be found on the NH Region’s monthly calendar page. You can also browse though the individual program events by following these links:
NH Region Senior Ski & Toboggan Events
NH Region Senior Outdoor Emergency Care Events
Training clinics and events are typically posted on the Region Calendar by December 1st.
