Refresher Cycle A- Must Do's for Patrollers2023 OEC

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Refresher Cycle A- Must Do's for Patrollers2023 OEC

All patrollers, also those who are abroad, coming to the refresher must do BEFORE arriving-

1)    To prepare for the 2023 OEC Refresher Cycle A Skill Session in Hintertux.
Log in to the Member site of www.nsp.org, enroll and complete the 2023 OEC Refresher Cycle A Online Modules (instructions at the end of this email).

-  There is again no physical, paper workbook this year or moving forward. Find attached a PDF-booklet with 2023 OEC Refresher Cycle A Skills Material as well as the OEC instructor’s Guide.

-  Credit for the 2023 refresher will not be granted, until you have fully completed the online  portion and attended the in-person portion of the refresher.

-  You will not need to print your certificate to bring to the in-person refresher.

-  This refresher is designed to be taken in smaller sections. If you need to take a break or return to finish you may, and your place will be saved in the modules. Just follow the instructions of the online portion.

 

2)      To register for the annual Division Refresher 18-19 November 2023 on time via https://nspinternational.org/.
This is the new website of our International Division. All our members and guests will find information about events and will need to register in order to attend an event (OEC and OET Refresher, OTH etc.). Registration via our new website is necessary for planning and organizing the events.

If you are new to the website and this is your first time registration, please email the webmaster and tell him you've just registered and you'll have full access normally in 1 day- webmaster: fergusbrae@gmail.com

 

3)    We hope to be able to offer a CPR/BLS course. Everyone who needs to renew the 2-years BLS certificate OR only the annual CPR skill refresher needs to send this information as a “comment” when filling out the registration on the International website (see instructions below).

 

4)    Everyone needs to check his/her “profile” on www.nsp.org!
(Is your “Outdoor Emergency Care” status CU (current)? If blank, or shows a D2, D3, or D4, get it in contact with your PD ASAP! Have dues been payed? …)

 

5)    Bring first aid kit - expired material is best for using it at the refresher.

  

How to log into our new NSP International Division website

If you have been on our previous NSP International Division website, your login credentials are the same. If you are new then please Register on our new website: https://nspinternational.org/ . Log in- Top right of the page on the icon. As we go along, we will be adding new Blogs and News articles of what's happening on the International front, so please join in and register.

For your convenience, Fergus has built in a Profile section for you. When you register to attend an event, and if your profile is up to date, then the event registration form is pre-filled for you.

You can find your Profile in the icon in the top right corner of any page and please use the telephone format with country code +XX 123 456 789. For example my number is +41 79 69 87 622 

If you have trouble please get in contact with Fergus fergusbrae@gmail.com.

 

 

BLS course OR annual NSP CPR skill:

Check whether your American Red Cross card (valid for 2 years) has expired. If so, you have to take a “full BLS course” (it is a Hybrid course).

If you renewed your BLS course (Hybrid course) last year, then you only need to refresh your annual CPR skill.

 

In order to attend the one or other CPR/BLS course you need to announce this when signing up via our new homepage (https://nspinternational.org/). If we will be able to offer the BLS/CPR refreshers, further information will be send to those who registered.
 

We have a new NSP Center for Learning and course registration system.

Only if the online OEC modules have been completed you will be able to enroll into the OEC Skill Session and participate at the OET & OEC Refresher on 18-19 November 2023 in Finkenberg/Hintertux Glacier, Austria at the Hotel Neuwirt.

  

In order to find the “2023 OEC Refresher Cycle A Online Modules” and “Skills Session” please follow the steps below:


1. Log in to the NSP Member Site. Click on NSP Center for Learning.
2. The icon for the OEC online refresher should be visible, otherwise search for the 2023 OEC Refresher Cycle A Online Modules and Skills via the Yellow “Browse Catalog” button.

 


Click the blue button “enroll“, then the “launch” button and complete all OEC Refresher Modules.
You need to allow your browser “pop-ups” in order to access the online modules.

As in the years before, you can stop and pause within the modules and return whenever you like. For this you need to go to the NSP Learning Center and click onto the blue button “go to your Learning Center” and click on “launch” of the respective OEC Online Refresher.

3. Once you have successfully completed the “2023 OEC Refresher Cycle A Online Modules”
click on “2023 OEC Refresher Cycle A Skills”

 

4. in “all locations” search for  “International” and enroll.



 Information to OEC Instructors will follow.


Any problems or questions to the medical side of the refresher contact Frauke- fvhaertel@googlemail.com


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