Students will learn duties and responsibilities of first aid rescuers; first aid actions for medical emergencies, including severe choking, heart attack and stroke; and skills for handling injury and environmental emergencies including external bleeding, broken bones and sprains, bites and stings. The training will take place on Monday, April 24 from 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. at the LaSalle County Health Department, 717 E. Etna Road, Ottawa. The class will be limited to 12 people per session. The only cost associated with the training is for the certificate from the American Heart Association.

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For one, he knows first-hand the need for pain medication just to get through another punishing day of lifting 50-pound traps, over and over, for decades. Hollers right elbow has been completely rebuilt, bone has been lost from his spine, and the 54-year-old keeps a cane in his car. He said he once plowed through 120 Percocets a month, although he no longer takes the opioid. Fishing has crippled me, but this is what I do, Holler said as he painted the red waterline of the November Gale, prepping the boat for his 40th season on the water. But theres another reason Holler works with the Fishing

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RMI instructors, "professionally trained active medical practitioners," will teach the classes, which involve online, indoor and outdoor training. NMCs two-day Wilderness First Aid course provides an introduction to medical skills in which an emergency response is not required. The five-day Wilderness First Responder Certification session is a credential for outdoor workers which focuses on decision-making, hands-on skills and theoretical knowledge needed to manage emergency situations in remote areas. The accredited NMC courses are accepted by the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of

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