Recertify any current or grace-period Wilderness First Responder Certificate!
This efficient and affordable no-travel WFR & Wilderness EMT refresher taught by ER doctors updates your wilderness medicine know-how, refreshes your hands-on skills & recertifies you for two years.
ELIGIBILITY: Any WFR certificate which is current or expired no more than one year ago.
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One Price, Your Choice of Formats
Wilderness First Respondr Recertification
+ Skills Assessment via Live Group Zoom
Self-paced online study + instructor-reviewed hands-on first aid skills demonstrations via live Zoom - AVAILABLE EVERY SATURDAY at 2 PM ET!
Frequently-Asked Questions
WFR Recertification Highlights
No-Travel Hands-On Wilderness First Aid Skills Refresher
Demonstrate hands-on wilderness first aid skills using a friend, family, or coworker as a volunteer patient
Get instructor review & feedback via live Zoom or video/photo submissions
Covers patient assessment/physical exam + splints, tourniquets, compression bandages, spinal injuries and more.
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
Plus advanced Circulatory, Respiratory, Soft Tissue Injury, Musculoskeletal Injury, Spinal Injury & Medical-Legal Modules
Test your knowledge with realistic wilderness emergency scenarios
Practice the same SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, plan) protocol used in medical emergencies around the world
Includes Survival Med Challenge! Webinars
Widely-Accepted 2-Year WFR Recertification
Includes upgrade to Wilderness EMT students who already hold a current state or NREMT license.
Accepted by National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, National Assn for Search & Rescue, ACA/PaddleSports (American Canoe), mountain rescue teams, ski/beach patrol, SAR teams, local Sierra Club chapters, guide & expedition businesses & many others
NOTE: As a matter of policy, federal & state agencies do not endorse specific wilderness medicine schools or programs.
Extra Resources—At No Extra Cost
Optional free enrollment in Univ. of Utah's Associate in Wilderness Medicine advanced certification program—only through Survival Med!
Free access to 50+ hours of advanced wilderness medicine podcasts—from knocked-out teeth to SAR incident command protocols & more!
