Wilderness First Aid

In this WFA class, course participants will learn how to assess, treat, and when possible, prevent medical and traumatic emergencies within the scope of their training.

Time is the essential element distinguishing WFA from standard first aid. When calling 911 is not an immediate option, or when help could be an hour or even days away, the task of managing the injured and the ill will challenge you beyond the first-aid knowledge and skills you will learn in this course. Long hikes, extended lengths of rivers, large expanses of ocean, and miles of asphalt may separate the patient from a medical facility. You may have to endure heat or cold, rain, wind, or darkness. The equipment needed for treatment and evacuation may have to be improvised from what is available, and communication with the “outside world” may be limited or nonexistent. Remote locations and harsh environments may require creative treatments. Each of these things may be a part of the world of WFA.