Level 4 Swift Water Rescue with Gradient River Essentials

A swift water rescue class with Gradient River Essentials
Paddle Club will provide transportation, camping, and white water equipment; Students will be responsible for a 45-dollar fee that will cover your certification as well as your ACA insurance. If you have an ACA account, this will be a 35-dollar fee. You will also be responsible for your own food, camping equipment, and clothing.
Students - 45
public can sign up on May 1rst- 275
Faculty and Paddle Club Alumni -165
You must pay for the course within one week of signing up to secure your spot unless otherwise agreed upon. You will need to pay with Ellsworth Faris at the Office of Student Life. Once you sign up, we will send you an email letting you more details.
This ACA Swiftwater Rescue Level 4 course teaches you the fundamentals of Rescue. This course is highly interactive and is designed to challenge all levels of whitewater enthusiasts. This unique venue is on the Middle Fork Willamette River.

The Swiftwater Rescue course teaches recognition and avoidance of common river hazards, execution of self-rescue techniques, and rescue techniques for paddlers in distress. Emphasis is placed both on personal safety and on simple, commonly used skills. Fundamental and more advanced techniques for dealing with hazards that carry greater risks for both victim and rescuer, such as strainers, rescue vest applications, entrapments, and pins, are also practiced. Scenarios will provide an opportunity for participants to practice their skills both individually and within a team/group context.

Essential Eligibility Criteria (EEC):

Breathe independently (i.e., not require medical devices to sustain breathing)

Independently maintain sealed airway passages while under water

Independently hold head upright without neck / head support

Manage personal care independently or with assistance of a companion

Manage personal mobility independently or with a reasonable amount of assistance

Follow instructions and effectively communicate independently or with assistance of a companion

Independently turn from face-down to face-up and remain floating face up while wearing a properly fitted life jacket*

Get on / off or in / out of a paddlecraft independently or with a reasonable amount of assistance*

Independently get out and from under a capsized paddle craft*

Remount or reenter the paddle craft following deep water capsize independently or with a reasonable amount of assistance*

Maintain a safe body position while attempting skills, activities, and rescues listed in the appropriate Course Outline, and have the ability to recognize and identify to others when such efforts would be unsafe given your personal situation.

Paddle Club and Gradient River Esenssials operate on a challenge-by-choice basis.

If this course will cause significant financial hardship please reach out.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made to Ellsworth Faris at ellsworth.faris@osucascades.edu or call 541-322-3116

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