{"id":43,"date":"2014-03-20T15:16:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T19:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2020-10-13T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T12:37:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Ski Patrol (CSP) is a national, non-profit, charitable organization providing safety and rescue services in ski areas and at non-skiing events across Canada.<\/p>\n<ul class='gdl-accordion'>\r\n<li class=\"active\"><h2 class='accordion-title'>Our volunteers<\/h2><div class='accordion-content'><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2190\" src=\"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0051-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0051\" width=\"534\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0051-300x120.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0051-768x306.jpg 768w, http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_0051-1024x408.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number about 4000 members coast to coast<\/li>\n<li>Are mostly Alpine skiers, boarders and Nordic skiers with increasing non-skiing members<\/li>\n<li>Range from 18 to 70 years old<\/li>\n<li>Are men and women, students and professionals, from all walks of life<\/li>\n<li>Give their time to help those in need during the winter at ski areas across Canada<\/li>\n<li>Provide volunteer advanced first-aid services at many non skiing events through out the year<\/li>\n<li>Work with many other fund raising organizations to provide advanced first-aid services for their events<\/li>\n<li>Work closely with all season resorts in providing year round services like mountain bike patrols<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li>\r\n<li ><h2 class='accordion-title'>Our strengths<\/h2><div class='accordion-content'><p align=\"justify\">An advanced first aid and rescue course like no other?including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patient transport from difficult terrain &#8211; like ski areas<\/li>\n<li>Chair Lift evacuation procedures<\/li>\n<li>Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Basic Rescuer Level C<\/li>\n<li>Automatic Electronic Defibrillator (AED) training<\/li>\n<li>Oxygen therapy techniques<\/li>\n<li>In mountainous regions, where avalanches can occur, we teach avalanche specific search and rescue techniques in conjunction with the CAA (Canadian Avalanche Association)<\/li>\n<li>Our courses are provided by CSP certified instructor\/trainers and are ski area specific.<\/li>\n<li>CSP has over seventy years experience in the prevention of injuries and the application of advanced first aid in cases of injury or sudden illness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li>\r\n<li ><h2 class='accordion-title'>Volunteer benefits<\/h2><div class='accordion-content'><ul>\n<li>Deals from the ski areas where we patrol, e.g. complimentary lift ticket when on patrol<\/li>\n<li>Exchange programs between local, provincial, national and international organizations<\/li>\n<li>Discounts on ski equipment and supplies<\/li>\n<li>Belonging to an organization where you can have lots of fun, make lifelong friendships and feel great about helping someone in need<\/li>\n<li>Deals from the ski areas where we patrol, e.g. complimentary lift ticket when on patrol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Ski Patrol (CSP) is a national, non-profit, charitable organization providing safety and rescue services in ski areas and at non-skiing events across Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5329,"href":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/5329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zone.skipatrol.ca\/kawartha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}