Wilderness first aid - WFA 3 day course

Our courses are delivered in an outdoor setting, focusing on scenarios with simple approaches to wilderness medicine and first aid.

The WFA 2 day course is ideally suited for students of all kinds and abilities. We emphasize hands-on scenarios and practice, so come ready for practical learning outside! You are guaranteed to learn a lot and have a great time!

Skills and techniques according to practice guidelines established by the Wilderness Medical Society as outlined in the Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines.

Our courses focus on teaching students to assess a situation, improvise solutions using available resources in order to stabilize the patient, and then identify the best way to get the patient to definitive medical treatment.

DAY 1

• Basic Life Support Skills/Introduction to Trauma
• Patient Assessment System (PAS) /Scene Survey
• PAS/Primary Survey
• Specific exploration of the Circulatory System
• Hands-on practice for checking for a pulse, controlling bleeding, CPR
• Specific exploration of Respiratory System
• Hands-on practice establishing an airway/airway management
• Specific exploration of Nervous System
• Evaluating Level of Consciousness and Maintaining Spine stability
• Basic Life Support Lab / AED’s/ CPR testing
• S.T.O.P
• Trauma Scenarios (Nervous System injuries/ Increased ICP, Concussion, Head wounds, Respiratory injuries/ Respiratory distress, Circulatory Injuries/ Volume Shock)
• Spine Assessment and Lab
• Spine Management Lab/ Moving spine injured patients, back-boarding, litters

DAY 2

• Traumatic Injuries Cont./Environmental/Introduction to medical
• Patient Assessment System (PAS) Part 2
• Hands-on field exercises/ Two on One Patient Assessment
• Stable and Unstable Musculoskeletal Injuries
• 1:1 Splinting Lab
• Wounds Lab/ Includes irrigation, punctured objects and fishhook removal
• Wounds, Infections, Burns
• Environmental Mini Scenarios (Hypothermia, Heat Problems, Drowning, Toxins, Bites, and Stings,
• Anaphylaxis/Allergies)
• Lightning Drill
• Mini-Medical Scenarios (Gastrointestinal problems, Genitourinary System, Diabetes, Asthma, Heart problems, Stroke)
• Hands-on field exercises/ Two on One Patient Assessment : 3 Rotations

DAY 3

• Scenarios
• Wilderness First Aid Kits and tips and tricks