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Recruitment Announcement for Medical Advisory Committee

The Medical Advisory Committee for Outings seeks to
appoint approximately four new members for the Sierra
Club's Medical Advisory Committee (MAC).

If you would like to nominate yourself for membership
on MAC, please complete the application by September
30, 2005.  The application is on-line and can be
located at:
http://clubhouse.sierraclub.org/outings/medical/application.asp
(if login is required, use "clubhouse" for user and
"explore" for password)

The Sierra Club's MAC is a national committee, charged
with being a resource for the medical issues that
arise within the Sierra Club's four Outings programs:
Clair Tappaan Lodge Outings, Group and Chapter Outings
(local), Inner City Outings, and National Outings.
Additionally, MAC may work with members of two other
cross-program supporting committees: the
Mountaineering Oversight Committee (MOC) and the
Outdoor Activities Training Committee (OATC). The MAC
reports to the Outdoor Activities Governance Committee
(OAGC), which reports to the Sierra Club Board of
Directors.

MAC is a resource for Outings leaders. Its position
within the Sierra Club is to provide a comprehensive
and growing resource for our Outings leaders by
communications through each outdoor activities
program. Along the way, it accomplishes this task in
close coordination with Sierra Club's Outings
volunteers and staff. Specifically, it's job is to
maintain a current understanding of the medical needs
of the Outings programs and to foster a strong
communication with those programs so it can provide
assistance in meeting those needs. This includes:

- Oversee the prescription medication policy for each
Outings program
- Develop and adopt medical protocols, which provide
guidance for Outings leaders in first aid situations
- Provide suggestions for first aid kit contents
- Identify opportunities for leader first aid training
- Develop and adopt evacuation guidelines
- Stay current in the field of wilderness emergency
medicine and making those developments readily
available to Outings programs
- Provide other assistance in the medical field so
that our Outings leaders become the best-informed
wilderness leaders

Additional information is provided on the above web
page and application.

If you have any questions please contact:

Craig Gordon, Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
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415-819-7543

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