The Quintessential Backcountry Expedition Road Trip Playlist – National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education
You’ve probably passed us on the highway. We’re the weirdos with heads bobbing, playing air guitar and dashboard keyboard, shouting ...
NCOAE’s 2024 Camping and Outdoor Adventure Gear Improvement Guide – National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education
From November 1st to the end of the year, you’ll be bombarded with advertising, discounts, and announcements of “shopping holidays.” ...
SOAP Notes Keep Wilderness Medicine Clean – National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education
In the context of wilderness medicine, soap and SOAP are both indispensable. An explanation is in order. We’re all familiar ...
Why Clinical Experience Matters in EMT Training – National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education
In the world of emergency medical services (EMS), future EMTs and paramedics accept the reality that their immediate future includes ...
Opinion: Instilling an Operational Risk Management Mindset in EMS | Blog | NCOAE
In EMS (emergency medical services) education, generations of students have been taught to put safety first. “Don’t enter a scene ...
The Evolution of FSA Sussex by Mary Peach
Part one of three It does not seem like 20 years ago! Gatwick Airport might seem a strange place to ...
Managing Backcountry Rain by Adopting an Expedition Mentality | Blog | NCOAE
If you asked me to list the attributes that allowed Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) to survive more than ...
How Outdoor Education Can Help with Trauma Recovery | NCOAE
Why We Need Trauma-Informed Learning Time warp yourself back to early-February of 2020. We were a month into a new ...
Trending: Restorative Practices in Outdoor-based Experiential Education | NCOAE | Blog
A few weeks ago, we published Part 1 of this series, which covers what we here at The National Center ...
Benefits of Summer Camp For Teens | NCOAE Blog
Outdoor and adventure-based summer camps for teens provide a life-enriching and world-changing experience for those who participate in them. These ...
Trending: 4 Best Practices in Outdoor and Adventure-based Experiential Education | NCOAE | Blog
A little more than three decades ago, two educators and researchers from Canada partnered with the Association for Experiential Education ...
Opinion: There’s Nothing “Basic” About an EMT | Blog | NCOAE
It’s been more than a decade since the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) stopped using the certification designations ...
What Outdoor Industry Pros Recommend You Keep in Your First-Aid Kit | Blog | NCOAE
Having a first aid kit handy is always a good idea, but what should it contain? The answer to this ...
Let’s Add Humble to the 5 ‘Umbles’ of Hypothermia – National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education
Hypothermia is deadly. There, I said it! This potentially dangerous drop in body temperature is commonly defined as a core ...
Another Wintery Weekend
Over the weekend, pupils braved the cold on the rock and trails. On Saturday, with the cold weather this week, ...
Tree Safety and Woodland Management Plans
Tragedy and legal repercussions By Sarah Lawfull FSA Chair and FSA Endorsed Trainer Last week Newcastle City Council was found ...
Book Review – Growing a Forest School from the roots up! by Caylin Gans
Caylin Gans Reading Growing a Forest School from the roots up was like having the privilege of sitting around the ...
Hands-on Training is the Key to a Career in the Outdoor Industry | Blog | NCOAE
For anyone interested in a career in the outdoor education, adventure programming, and guiding sectors of the outdoor industry, there ...
Braving the Weather
Yesterday, a group of girls braved the conditions and went to Llandegla One Planet Adventure to bike for the day ...
New Thinking about How to Handle Spinal Injuries in Remote Wilderness Settings | Blog | NCOAE
Best practices for evaluating and transporting patients with potential spinal fractures or spinal cord injuries is a hot topic in ...
Biking In Wales
On Sunday a strong group of riders travelled to Llandegla for the day. The group were very well matched, so ...
A Cold Day Bouldering
On Saturday, a group of pupils braved the cold misty conditions in the Peak District to go bouldering for the ...
Girls shred in Wales
Yesterday a group of girls took to the trails at Llandegla OnePlanet Adventure. With many returning, it was a good ...
Tweed Valley MTB
Last week a group of pupils ventured to Innerleithen for a week of technical and physically challenging riding. The trails ...
