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Wilderness First Aid Certification for the Pacific West U.S.
Choose the Wilderness First Aid course best for you:
| Wilderness First Aid + Outdoor Safety Basics | 16-Hour WFA + Video Skills Assignments | 16-Hour WFA + Live Zoom Skills Coaching & Checkoff | |
| Best for | Nearby locations, reliable cell service, help within 2 hours | Remote locations, extended trips, spotty cell service, help hours or days away | Adds maximum skills coaching, hands-on practice & instructor feedback |
| $35 | $69 | $119 | |
| 90-day course access | |||
| Widely accepted two-year certification | |||
| Satisfaction Guarantee | |||
| GENERAL WILDERNESS FIRST AID | |||
| Self-paced general & regional WFA video classes, Challenge! webinars, guides, podcasts, free U of Utah advanced certification access | |||
| Medical scenarios with SOAP Note assignments, knowledge checks, quizzes, study guides | |||
| PRACTICAL SKILLS | |||
| Self-paced core practical skills videos on splints, tourniquets, compression bandages, cervical collars, etc. | |||
| Advanced practical skills videos teach 43-point patient assessment & physical exam protocol | |||
| Video & photo hands-on practical skills assignments | |||
| Live Zoom instructor-led practical skills coaching & hands-on checkoff | |||
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Wilderness First Aid Topics Covered
Via self-paced online classes, interactive video scenarios, medical case assignments, knowledge checks & quizzes
Injury assessment & basic life support
MARCH & SAMPLE patient assessment protocols; breathing, circulatory & nervous system assessment; spinal stabilization; basic CPR & Heimlich maneuver training
Common outdoor medical problems
Treating & stabilizing impalements, broken bones, finger amputations, muscle injuries, bleeding, wounds, cold injuries, heat illness, lightning and altitude ilness & more
Wildlife attacks & treating injuries
Dealing with grizzlies, black bears, mountain lions; snakes & scorpions; other venomous animal & insect bites, stings, rabies prevention & communicable & waterborne diseases
Terrain, temperature & weather hazards
Heat & cold related injuries; wildfires, lightning & burns; floods, tides & drowning; avalanches & earthquakes; acute mountain & altitude sickness (AMS, HACE, HAPE)
Basic outdoor survival skills
Route, logistics & supplies planning; avoiding getting lost, signaling for rescue; finding and treating water for safe drinking, maximizing chances of being found alive
Special Pacific West WFA Topics
Locations
Puget Sound, Columbia & Snake Rivers, Willamette River Valley, Klamath Falls, Trinity River Basin, San Francisco Bay area, CA Central Valley, the redwood forests, Mojave Desert & Pacific Coast
National parks & monuments in the US & Canada like Mt. Hood, Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Redwoods, Crater Lake, Olympic, Mt. Rainier, Hawaii Volcanoes & more
Plus Redwoods & other popular state parks, forests & more
Hazards & Rescue Calls
Tides, rip currents, sneaker waves, cold water shock, tsunamis, flash floods & drowning; wildfires, earthquakes, landslides & rockslides; blizzards, avalanches, hypothermia & frostbite, photokeratitis; heat exposure, heat stroke & dehydration PLUS getting lost, finding & treating water
Elk, black & grizzly bears, mountain lions, coyotes, mountain goats, Mojave Green, N./S. Pacific & Red/Western Diamondback rattlers, sidewinders, bark scorpions, bats, black widow spiders, ticks, mosquitoes, neurotoxic newts, sea snakes, sharks, lionfish, rays, moon jellies, lion's mane, etc.
Giardia, California encephalitis, rabies, tick-borne diseases, hantavirus, poison oak & more
Unfiltered customer reviews
Survival Med Faculty
Natalie Bonthius, MD
Founder of Survival Med & Emergency & Survival Medicine Physician, UHS-Southern California
Carson Harper, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician, UHS-Southern California
Richard Ingebretsen, MD
Clinical Instructor & Wild Med U Program Director, University of Utah School of Medicine
Kevin
Grange
Paramedic & Firefighter, Jackson Hole Fire & EMS and Grand Teton National Park
Robert Scanlon, MD
Quadruple Board-Certified Critical Care, Pulmonology, Internal Medicine & Sleep Medicine Physician