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In this course students will be trained and certified in Wilderness First Aid and organizational risk management. Students learn and practice how to assess and treat injuries in backcountry environments. Additionally, Students will learn to assess and plan for risk management specific to outdoor based organizations. Organizations and individuals are increasingly needing to formally manage risk. Not only does risk management protect individuals and groups from harm, it protects organizations from being held liable if an incident does occur. Students completing this course will provide real actionable value to organizations needing risk management. They will be able to utilize risk management frameworks and build risk management plans.
This is an in-person course held in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Credit not allowed for both NRRT 250 and NRRT 380A2
Please note that in addition to the tuition, a Special Course Fee of $20.83 will be assessed.
If registration is full, please contact the instructor, Ethan Billingsley, to be added to the registration waitlist.
Please check the CSU Bookstore for textbook information. Textbook listings are available at the CSU Bookstore about 3 weeks prior to the start of the term.
9704914994 | ethan.billingsley@colostate.edu
Ethan Billingsley is an alumnus of the Warner College of Natural Resources – earning his B.S. in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism and his M.S. in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. He served as Director of Undergraduate Programs in the college from 2008-2018. He currently leads and instructs in the Wilderness Leadership program at CSU.
Prior to joining CSU, Ethan worked as both an outdoor educator and guide in various capacities, primarily with youth. He has led single and multi-day whitewater rafting trips for the last 25 years. He has climbed all 58 of Colorado’s 14,000ft mountains and led many CSU groups to those summits as well. He has also spent many seasons working at summer camps and environmental education centers. Additional experience has included work as a rock-climbing instructor, horse-packing guide, backpacking guide, and sea-kayaking naturalist. He carries certifications in wilderness medicine, swiftwater rescue, avalanche rescue and whitewater travel. Ethan loves learning about the ecology of an area as much as he likes adventuring in it. He believes that time spent outdoors contributes to positive attitudes and behaviors related to the environment, as well as, enhanced physical and mental well-being. In his free time, Ethan loves spending as much time as he can with his wife and three kids in the outdoors.