Hybrid Wilderness First Aid: Mountain West U.S.
Webinar + Self-Paced Videos • Hands-On Practical Skills Classes
+ Bonus WFA class specific to AK, MT, ID, WY, NV, UT, & CO
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Next General Wilderness First Aid Webinar: Thurs. 12/26/24 7 PM ET • REGISTER IN YOUR COURSE
Wilderness First Aid Certification for the Mountain West U.S.
Choose the Wilderness First Aid course best for you:
| Outdoor First Aid & Safety Basics | Wilderness First Aid + 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 Curriculum
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 Mountain West WFA Topics
Locations
Sierra Nevada, Rockies, East Cascades, Mojave, Desert, Great Basin Desert, High Desert, Painted Desert, San Rafael Desert, San Luis Valley, & Colorado River Valley
Mesa Verde National Park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Grand Teton, Lake Powell, Zion National Park, Yellowstone, Lake Tahoe, Big Sky, Glacier & other national parks
Popular state parks, forests, lakes, rivers & recreation areas
Hazards & Rescue Calls
Heat stroke, dehydration, getting lost & finding water; winter storm survival, avalanches, cold exposure, hypothermia & afterdrop, photokeratitis; altitude illness including AMS, HACE & HAPE, falls, & mountain & desert rescues
Lightning & wildfires, landslides, rock falls, flash floods & drownings, hot springs thermal injury
Moose, deer & elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly & black bears, bison, wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, plus Mojave, Midget-Faced, Western & Pacific, Prairie, Desert Massasauga, yellow & speckled rattlers; black widow & brown recluse spiders, scorpions
Giardia, Q Fever, chronic wasting disease, hantavirus, bubonic plague & more
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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, EMT-P
Paramedic & Firefighter, Jackson Hole Fire & EMS and Grand Teton National Park
Ryan Jacobs, NRP & W-EMT
Instructor: BLS, ACLS, PALS, EMR, Advanced First Aid & First Aid for Severe Trauma & AWLS