Quickie OEC for Experienced Professionals

• Piedmont CA Nov 14 & Nov 15;8am-5pm 
• Truckee CA Dec 13 & Dec 14; 8am-5pm

• For experienced professionals who are confident of their on-snow skills and their "book learning."   
  
• You must prepare extensively for the course with a mentor, an active patroller whom you identify.
  
• You must have reasonable email availability, web skills and internet availability. (the library is not enough)

The Ground Rules:

• You will be tested together with students from full OEC courses.  You will be evaluated by the same evaluators to the same standards as the folks taking the full course. However, participants in the full course have re-test opportunities.  You do not. 
• For you, everything on Dec 13 & 14 is sudden death.  There are no re-tests. You must do CPR and all the skills correctly.  You must get 75% on the written exam and 80% on each of the four scenarios on the practical examination. You must complete all Critical Performance Indicators (CPI) on each of the scenarios.  One strike and you are out. Then your only route to an OEC card is a full OEC course next year.
  
• National provides the written exam and the answer sheet.  Sorry, the answers are not negotiable. 
• You MUST prepare for class with a mentor who is an active patroller. Preparation is a BIG DEAL. You must be proficient at all the skills on the check-off sheets done the way the support materials indicate.  You must be able to do the four scenarios correctly. If you have not patrolled before, plan on this taking at least 30 hours before December 8.
• You must bring a fully equipped first aid pack or vest with four LARGE (72") cravats. See the menu item at the left. We can provide you pack contents (except for cravats) for our cost.
  
• You must support your patients with the contents of your patrol pack or vest for the first ten minutes or so. You must call for help and additional equipment within 3 to 5 minutes. You can only call for the items on the Radio Call Sheet. 
• Your skills and treatments must follow the information in the support materials. 
• You have to understand the evaluation sheet used for the final practical exam and how to "work the system" so  that the evaluator will check all the right boxes, especially the CPI boxes. 
• You MUST have BOTH a patroller mentor/assistant & a patient present for both Dec 13 & Dec 14.
•  You must show Version 4 OEC textbook & OEC workbook on Dec 8.
  

Prerequisites to Enter Quickie Course

• Prior advanced medical certification: OEC, EMT, WFR, nurse, MD, etc.
• Prior patient contact experience (at least 100  hours.) 
• Pay $10 registration fee when you register.  If you want to purchase pack contents, they are $35 including postage.
  
• Obtain a mentor who is an active patroller.  Have them call one of the instructors at 530-277-4485 or 530-550-7867. 
• Sign-off by your mentor that you can perform all skills on the skills check-off sheet per the resource materials 
• Score at least 75% on online OEC pre-test
• Complete the CPR Pretest
  
• card dated on or after 5/1/08 or
• AHA-BLS online renewal certificate

Available Support Materials

The support materials are those used in the full OEC class. When you register, we will mail you a copy of the Assessment Materials, which are also available online. 

The splinting and bandaging guides are available in two forms, online displays and a printed guide for each subject.  The guides have many photos and are VERY expensive to print in color. The online guides may require Microsoft Explorer to print properly.  They DO NOT display properly in FireFox.

Fri, Nov 14 or Sat, Dec 13 - 8am to at least 5pm

• Pay $50 fee
  
• Bring a patient and patroller mentor and be fully prepared. You probably won't work with the folks you bring.
  
• These activities are tests, not practice or remediation
• Activities

Sat, Nov 15 or Sun, Dec 14  (Assigned three hour interval)

• Must bring patient & patroller assistant. You probably won't work with the folks you bring.
  
• OEC Practical exam (four scenarios, 20 minutes each)