Online Wilderness First Aid: Southwest U.S.
Webinar + Self-Paced Videos • Hands-On Practical Skills Classes
+ Bonus WFA class specific to TX, AZ, NM, & OK
MEETS 2021 WFME STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTED & DISTANCE LEARNING IN MEDICAL EDUCATION
Next General Wilderness First Aid Webinar: Thur 10/12/23 7-9 PM ET • REGISTER IN YOUR COURSE
Wilderness First Aid Certification for the Southwest 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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Special Southwest U.S. WFA Topics
Locations
Mojave, Sonoran & Chihuahuan Deserts, Colorado Plateau & mesa lands, Camelback, Phoenix & Superstition Mountains, Permian Basin, Texas Hill Country, Piney Woods, Galveston Island & Texas Gulf Coast
Big Bend, White Sands, Saguaro, Grand Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, Gila National Forests & other national parks, Forests & Monuments
Red Rock, Lake Havasu, Lake Powell, Lake Travis, Natural Bridge, Hole-in-the-Rock & other state parks
Hazards & Rescue Calls
Flash floods & wildfires, heat stroke & dehydration, getting lost in the desert, finding & treating water
Mojave, Pygmy & Western diamondback rattlers, copperheads, water moccasins, coral snakes, coyotes, bobcats, black bears, bark scorpions, Gila monsters, ticks, native spiders & more
Gulf Coast & marine hazards including sharks, stingrays & jellies
Stagnant water hazards including Vibrio flesh-eating bacteria, giardia & amoebas
Chagas & other parasitic diseases
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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