WFR & AFA UCalgary
Nov 12 - 15, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm Nov 17 - 19, 2025 9:00am - 5:00pm
ASA and Heart Attacks
You will notice that we include “chewable” ASA (acetyl salicylate acid), which is better known by its trade name Aspirin in our “Dave” line of kits. Why is this, you may ask... Remember that our kits are designed for backcountry or remote use, where help may be very delayed, or evacuation to a medical [...]
Baby… It’s Warm Outside, But it is Still Cold Enough To Get Hypothermia!
(Now there’s a catchy song lyric!) We often think the prime conditions for hypothermia are as cold and wet as possible. And though it’s true that if you jumped into freezing cold water, you’d get cold 25 times faster than in air at that same temperature, we see most cases of hypothermia at temperatures above [...]
The Bottle
Many curious eyes have gazed at this multipurpose bottle during our travels.For 5 months now, my wife and I have been travelling throughout SE Asia on our honeymoon/ climbing & cultural journey. With 1 month still to go, we have found many reasons to appreciate this simple act of taping our water bottle. Notice, I have 3 different [...]
Crash Course on High Altitude Emergencies!
A few months ago I had the opportunity to attend a Wilderness Medicine Conference in Bozeman Montana where I met Howard Donner. Howard is not only a Physician but is also a filmmaker and established mountain guide. Howard delivered a great talk on high altitude emergencies that I wished I could share with my colleagues. In [...]
The 3 C’s of Choosing a First Aid Course
Choosing a first aid course can be a daunting task; multiple providers, varying course names, different levels, certification terms, compliance, the list goes on and on! Follow these simple steps to ensure that you register for a course that will fit your needs. 1. Compliance If you are taking this course for work, or booking [...]
2 Months in NZ: First Aid & Survival Kit
This Saturday I am heading to New Zealand for a 2 month (9 weeks to be exact!) hiking adventure. One of the things on my endless to-do list was a revamp of my own personal first aid kit. As an instructor for Rocky Mountain Adventure Medicine I have discussed at great length the importance of [...]
Magical, Magical Mepitel: Your new best friend and the enemy of blisters everywhere.
Hiking on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, doctoring my feet (once again) with Moleskin and Duct Tape, a fellow trekker stopped to observe and said: “You have got to be Canadian! I’ve never seen anyone put duct tape on their bodies like Canadians.” I felt a small surge of pride. Yes…I am Canadian, and I [...]