OVERVIEW

Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Course is organized by Backcountry Medical Guides (BMG) and will be held from Oct 16 - 17, 2027 in Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Description:
This Wilderness First Aid (or Wilderness First Responder-Refresher) course will prepare you for your next adventure.

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.

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.