WFA Basic Wilderness First Aid Training
Make a difference in someone’s life with preparation and training.
Wilderness First Aid [ WFA ] Hybrid
WFA online courses includes the live or recorded session, textbook, exam, and up to 40 hours of wilderness medicine podcasts. With the addition of 8 hours of hands-on learning.
Online curriculum for content Instruction followed by:
Hands-on practical skills development :
Basic life support and patient assessment
Dressing wounds, stopping bleeding, and tying tourniquets
Creating splints and assessing for bone breaks
Hypothermia wraps
Improvised neck braces and liters for spinal injuries
Interactive Medical and Realistic Survival Scenarios:
Bears, mountain lions, snakes, scorpions, and animals specific to certain regions
Lightning and temperature extremes
Flash floods and canyoneering
Altitude illness, frostbite, trench foot, and environmental medicine
Anaphylaxis and using an Epi Pen
Drowning rescue and recovery
Communicable diseases including Coronavirus in the backcountry
Getting lost and rescue signaling
Finding appropriate water and treating it
Medicolegal topics and liability
First Aid for Everyone.
This one-day workshop is an extension of the standard 8 hour Wilderness First Aid course. The focus being on basic first aid and life support techniques as well as environmental issues that arise in the wilderness. The class is mostly hands on skills development with realistic scenarios in an incredible outdoor location.
Take action in an emergency.
Students completing the course will receive a 16 hour Wilderness First Aid Card (good for three years) and an OSHA Approved CPR Card [ optional ] (good for two years). This meets or exceeds the minimum requirement for most CPR/ First Aid training needs.
