This is our most flexible course. Our course flow is normally conducted within 3-5 days and is designed for anyone who wishes to obtain a higher level of training in wilderness medicine. Whether you are running water or land based trips, this course will be tailored to meet your needs. We will work with equipment and material that enable you to practice your newly acquired skills under realistic elements. Our instructional sequence and “real-world” experience combined with WMTC curriculum make this a very dynamic, energetic and intense course. Successful completion awards the participant a WAFA certification that lasts two years. This course is approved for re-certifying WMTC’s Wilderness First Responder certification.
Upon graduation of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Apply sound judgement as a trip leader in a medical situation
- Understand Medical / Legal issues associated with wilderness medicine
- Explain basic functions of the human body
- Perform back-country essentials that prevent injuries
- Perform the Patient Assessment System (PAS)
- Properly lift and move a patient
- Perform CPR
- Treat for shock
- Apply spine management techniques
- Prevent, assess and treat breaks, strains and sprains
- Prevent, assess and treat environmental & medical injuries
- Prevent, assess and treat soft tissue injuries
- Properly document assessment and treatment plan
- Apply basic functions of a evacuation element
- Proper litter packaging
- Proper litter-carry techniques
- Construct an improvised litter
- Develop and Execute a Rescue Plan
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Course fees vary depending on location
