The Crescent Ski Council asks all trip participants to complete a medical form and place it in a sealed envelope that will be opened only if that individual is unable to communicate with emergency and hospital staff. Councils and clubs around the country have found a real need for this information, and its only purpose is to perhaps save a life. Please encourage your members to complete the form and give it to your club’s trip leader on all trips.
The form states that emergency information is submitted to aid medical personnel, as well as Crescent Ski Council, its travel agency, and club trip directors, in dealing with any medical emergency that should arise during this trip. It is understood that no one will open my sealed envelope unless I am personally unable to communicate with medical staff.
The information requested includes: Name, address, on-site emergency contact and their relationship to participant, home emergency contact, and their phone number, a listing of chronic conditions, allergies, listing of any prescription or non-prescription medications regularly taken, and the name and contact information of the participants medical insurance company. Participants must state that the information is accurate and that they have granted permission to Crescent Ski Council, its contracted travel agency, and authorized club trip directors to share it with medical personnel if if the participant is personally unable to do so.
The Texas Ski Council reported in their annual marketing report that their expenditures last year were $2,252, 505. Colorado accounted for 44% and Africa was 28% of revenue — but this season’s trips are going to Snowmass, Quebec City, Sun Peaks, Lake Louise, and a bike and barge trip to Germany — largely due to the favorable euro and Canadian dollar exchange rates. Consequently, the council’s only trip this year not requiring a passport is to Snowmass, Colorado, in January.
The Northwest Ski Club Council has developed a Whistle Program To support the use of club members carrying a whistle in their coat or pocket, the council has ordered a supply so that members can signal for help when out of visible sight if they are in trouble – no matter what sport they are participating in outdoors.
The Intermountain Ski Council (Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming) meets via a telephone conference on the first Thursday of every month. Club members of the council who would like an invitation to join the conference call are invited to do so, although it is not via an 800 number and long distance charges may apply.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Ski Council not only has reciprocal trips within the council clubs but the council publishes email newsletters noting what club and council trips need more men or women to fill out their upcoming trips to eastern or western North America or Europe — such as their November 29 message that one club needed a single male and a single female to fill out a February trip to Breckenridge.
