Certificate Issued and Validity Period

       Wilderness and Remote First Aid: 2 years

• Participate in all skill sessions and activities
• Attend all class sessions
• Demonstrate competency in all observable skills
• Complete the scenarios
• If certification required by employer or organization, pass the optional final written exam with a minimum grade of 80 percent

Learning Objectives

•  Define wilderness first aid
• Describe the difference between wilderness first aid and standard first aid
• Describe the importance of immediately establishing control of the scene and starting the primary assessment
• Discuss the importance of doing a secondary assessment
• Discuss calling for help from a delayed-help perspective and evacuation considerations
• Demonstrate a field assessment for injuries to the head
• Define types of abdominal pain and discomfort including gastroenteritis (stomachache) and diarrhea
• Describe the basics of an allergic response and its treatment and prevention
• Define altitude illnesses including acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)
• Define types of burn injuries
• Demonstrate a field assessment of a person with a chest injury
• Describe the contents of an adequate wilderness and remote first aid kit, and its uses
• Define the different types of heat-related illnesses
• Describe the mechanisms of heat loss versus heat gain
• Define shock and discuss the stages of shock
• Define heart attack
• Define serious bleeding and demonstrate control of bleeding
• Describe briefly the general sequence of events during a submersion (drowning) incident
• Describe how lightning can cause injury and/or death
• Participate in all skill sessions and activities
• Demonstrate competency in all observable skills
• Complete the scenarios
• If certification required by employer or organization, pass the optional final written exam with a minimum grade of 80 percent
• Demonstrate a field assessment for injuries to bones and joints

• For your convenience, all course materials will be available for you at the first of class.
• Please plan to be at the course location about 10 minutes before the start of class.
• Dress comfortably; many skills are practiced on the floor in a kneeling position.
• Bring a pen/pencil and reading glasses if necessary.
• Bring your day or backpack with all your gear.
• The practice sessions may involve strenuous physical activity. If you have any medical condition or disability that might prevent your successful completion of these tasks, you should discuss it with your family Physician before attending class.  If there are any special needs that the instructor should know about, please call 1-800-853-2570. 

In the unlikely event that your course is canceled, we will make every attempt possible to contact you via email and phone. You will be given the opportunity to reschedule for another class.

Wilderness and Remote First Aid: 2 years