MEGA Training offers you the chance to take required training courses like Scoutmaster Leader-Specific Training, Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills (IOLS), or Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO). There are also optional courses, including Chaplain Training, Swimming and Water Rescue, Paddle Craft Safety, and more.

BSA Wilderness First Aid and CPR/AED

This is an Emergency Care and Safety Institute (ECSI) online hybrid course.

After registration, you will be emailed access codes for Wilderness First Aid and CPR/AED along with instructions to access the course.  If you need help with your access codes, please email wfa@troop550.org.

Wilderness First Aid:

Students are enrolled in a hybrid class - 8 hours of course content is accessed online, to be completed at your convenience.  The online class must be completed before the scheduled skills evalutation at MEGA Training.  The skills evaluation is approximately 8 hours of skills practice and evaluation.

CPR/AED:

Students are enrolled in an online class, approximately 2 hours of online content. The online class must be completed before the scheduled skills evalutation at MEGA Training.  We offer Adult, Child and Infant CPR instruction.  We use Prestan CPR dummies with feedback for compression effectiveness and rate.

Skills Evaluation:

Wilderness First Aid and CPR/AED skills evaluations are scheduled on the same day.  This is the in person day you signed up for at MEGA. The skills evaluation covers everything from removing gloves, assessments/paperwork, inhaler use, epipens, bleeding control, tourniquets (commercial and improvised), CPR, AED, choking, bone/joint injuries and lots and lots of splinting.  It's all open book - just like it would be in the field - and we'll have skills reference binders to assist you.  Instructors will cover each skill and practice until everyone is comfortable with it. 

Certification:

Upon completion of Wilderness First Aid and CPR/AED, students are issued an ECSI Certificate of Completion.  Renewal is recommended after 2 years.  This Certificate of Completion meets the requirement for Scouting America High Adventure Base Wilderness First Aid and CPR/AED training.

Eligibility:

Adults and youth are eligible to take CPR/AED classes.

Adults and youth age 14+ are eligible to take Wilderness First Aid.

Minimum required for the course: 6.  Maximum: 20. 

Paperwork Needs

The skills evaluation will be completed in one day - camping is not required.

BSA camping rules: All adults staying overnight must have a current Youth Protection Training certificate and must be registered with BSA in an adult fee-required position effective September 1, 2023.

• For every participant: bring a paper copy of your BSA Medical form parts A&B.
• For every participant: bring a paper copy of your BSA registration for every participant. 
• For all adults: bring a paper copy proof of unexpired YPT and your current BSA Leader Registration.

See https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/gss/gss01/ for more information.