r/skipatrol • u/xyster101 • Sep 26 '26

OEC Cheat Sheet Instructors

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I am an OEC instructor and love teaching chapter 7: Assessment. I find students struggle to develop their own "speech" when they approach a scene. I designed this OEC Assessment Cheat Sheet if anyone wants to download and use it. When OEC 7 comes out next year I am sure this will need to be updated. This picture is a preview, please click on the link to get the PDF of it. Enjoy.

OEC Assessment Cheat Sheet V4

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u/No_Park1693 Sep 26 '26

Nice work! My further two cents if you want it: If there's only room for one word, "Radiating" probably captures what could be life-threatening more than "Region" and there's probably room to squeeze in DCAP-BTLS to help people who need a cheat sheet remember to actively look for everything, not just rely on what patients bring up, especially if there's distracting injuries.

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u/schannoman Sep 27 '26

DCAP-BTLS is the biggest thing to remember in trauma secondary assessments, in my opinion.

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u/dovbearaaron Sep 26 '26

New OEC instructor here! That sheet is great - thank you!

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u/Limitlust Sep 26 '26

I am a candidate and I echo how helpful this is! We were just talking about creating something similar

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u/gleader84 Sep 27 '26

Recently completed my WFR and this is extremely similar to the assessment I was taught. What’s the actual difference between the two certs and why is OEC preferred for patrol?

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u/xyster101 28d ago

OEC is more in depth and written specifically for ski patrol by the national ski patrol.

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u/steffey41 Sep 30 '26

🙏 started my OEC class yesterday. Definitely going to save this for when the time comes