There have recently been many news reports of children not being vaccinated against diseases such as measles, resulting in hot spots of measles epidemics in the United States. What is left unsaid is whether a refusal to be vaccinated against
Altitude sickness – nothing to ignore!
There were at least two reported hiking deaths in 2017 attributed to altitude sickness. One a 17 year old Boy Scout backpacking in Utah, and another a 20 year old female hiking in the Colorado mountains. A Boys’ Life article
BSA’s Revised 2017 Wilderness First Aid Curriculum
In September, 2017, BSA announced a revised curriculum for wilderness first aid courses for BSA volunteers. The new curriculum updates the prior 2010 wilderness first aid curriculum. The revised curriculum may be found here. By way of important change, while