Wilderness First Aid (WFA) and Wilderness First Responder - Refresher (WFR-R) Course (Sep 12 - 13, 2026)

Wilderness First Aid (WFA) and Wilderness First Responder - Refresher (WFR-R) Course is organized by Backcountry Medical Guides (BMG) and will be held from Sep 12 - 13, 2026 at Larrabee State Park, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America.

Description:
Combining a highly experiential in-person training with our self-paced Wilderness Medicine Online course, this program provides all the skills-practice and knowledge needed to handle a range of medical and traumatic emergencies in a wilderness environment. Practice treating life threats, stabilizing injuries, and evaluating and managing medical and environmental hardships. Additional e-labs apply for the WFR-Refresher. Ages 14+ (anyone under 18 requires guardian consent in order to participate).

Curriculum & Objectives:

• Manage risk through pre trip planning and preventative techniques: first aid kits, pre-trip medical assessments, travel medicine, telemedicine
• Assess and treat life threatening emergencies: airway management, hemorrhage control, CPR, shock, and stabilization.
• Practice common trauma techniques: wound and fracture management, head injuries, neck and spine injury, blunt trauma, burns, dental and eye trauma.
• Develop important judgment skills for the assessment and evacuation of medical and environmental emergencies in the backcountry: heat and cold emergencies, animal bites and stings, lightning and adverse weather, search and rescue basics, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, diabetes, seizures, anaphylaxis.