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Back-country First Aid course offered By MARK FREEMAN EAGLE POINT -- A local camp is sponsoring an extensive backcountry medical training course to teach people how to handle medical emergencies when they are miles from help and resources are limited. Camp Latgawa is offering the four-day, hands-on Wilderness Advanced First Aid course March 25-28 at its facility off Little Butte Creek Road. The course is designed to teach rescue and first-aid skills for use in the backwoods where 911 help isn't available. Students will learn about extended patient management, how to cope with very limited equipment and how to deal with extreme environments -- all factors in getting an injured person out of the woods alive. The course provides hands-on training by using simulations and drills that include real outdoor settings and stage blood. The course costs $345, which includes tuition, food and lodging at Camp Latgawa, whose cabins are nestled amid the Rogue River National Forest. The course is recommended for all outdoor professionals and enthusiasts who spend time in remote areas. It it taught by Maine-based Wilderness Medical Associates. A $100 non-refundable registration deposit is required. Send checks to Camp Latgawa, 13250 S. Fork Little Butte Creek Road, Eagle Point, OR 97524. For more information, telephone Camp Latgawa at 541-826-9699. A noted Oregon fly-fishing author will meet with a local fly-casters club in Medford on Wednesday to discuss summer steelhead fishing. John Shewey will be the featured speaker at the Rogue Flyfishers Association meeting. The meeting will be held at Kim's Restaurant. The "Wet Fly" hour begins at 6 p.m., with the dinner and meeting activities beginning at 7 p.m. Shewey has written several books and magazine articles on fly-fishing, including saltwater fly-fishing. His presentation will focus on flies and techniques to catch summer steelhead, like those on the Rogue River. Basic boating skills and seamanship will be offered to Jackson County residents in two one-day classes taught by local members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. The course covers such topics as how to trailer a boat, rules of the road, boat handling, terminology, common knots, life jackets and other safety equipment. The classes run this Saturday and again April 10, with participants expected to attend both days. This Saturday's class runs from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The April 10 class runs 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Both classes are held at the Jackson County Sheriff's Marine and Search and Rescue headquarters, 620 Antelope Road, White City. The class costs $26, which includes a text book and course materials. A second person can take the course for $6 if the two share the same book. For more information, telephone Connie at 664-3215. GRANTS PASS -- The Middle Rogue Steelhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Bethany Presbyterian Church, 748 NW Fifth St., Grants Pass. Dave Loomis, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Roseburg District fish biologist, will give a presentation on the Umpqua Basin steelhead. Outdoor Journal main page Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA