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WILDERNESS FIRST RESPONDER
8 Days - 80 HOURS
The most comprehensive wilderness training in the United States
- Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is the standard level of training
expected for professional guides, outdoor educators, and search
and rescue personnel. After successful completion of this course,
you will be competent to handle both traumatic and medical emergencies,
provide the extended care required in a remote environment, and
make appropriate evacuation decisions.
Topics include wilderness wound management, orthopedic injuries
including realigning fractures and reduction of select dislocations,
improvised splinting, improvised litters and evacuation techniques,
traumatic injuries to the head and chest, medical emergencies of
the respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems, wilderness
drug protocols, acute abdominal emergencies, high altitude illnesses,
heat illnesses, cold injuries, envenomations, and more.
The curriculum for this course heavily favors hands-on, scenario
based practice. The first two days of the course are spent in the
classroom while the remainder of the course is taught in
the field, making the practice scenarios and conditions
as realistic as possible.
PREREQUISIT:
CPR for the Healthcare Provider.
Duration:
8 Days Mostly Field Includes Exam!
Age: 18 and over
Tuition: $992.00
Includes Meals Registration DEADLINE 5/10/2008
Dates Virginia:
May 24-31, 2008
Confirmed! More spaces available.
Dates Montana:
May 13-20, 2008
College Credit:
College of Southern Idaho 2 credits $200 Extra Fee* Courses
taught in conjunction with Desert Mountain Medicine
(Optional)
Course start/end:
Virginia, Charlottesville
Montana, Bozeman
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