Senior Patroller Emergency Management Module

The Senior Patroller Emergency Management Module (SEMM) focuses on leadership, problem management and decision making, utilizing the standards in the current OEC manual. SEMM certification is a recognition of having successfully completed this leadership course and is not a higher standard of OEC skills. The skills learned promote confidence in dealing with more complicated first aid scenarios involving multiple injuries and patients.

Training is done in the outdoor environment on snow, and involves participating in scenarios as a leader and helper. Instructors who are SEMM Trainer Evaluators (TEs) develop the scenarios to cover all aspects of Outdoor Emergency Care, and provide feedback during training sessions.

Candidates are required to successfully lead at least 4 scenario problems during the training sessions. Two scenarios from the Patroller's Manual need to be reviewed and have a treatment plan developed in writing. In addition the candidate is required to write an original scenario of Senior Patroller level, following the format in the NSP test banks.

The SEMM final evaluation is given at the conclusion of the course. It is conducted on snow and on typical mountain terrain. Candidates lead in one warm up scenario and two evaluation scenarios. Only the leader is evaluated in the scenarios.

Here are some pictures of previous evaluations: