Wilderness First Responder - 80 Hours

Our most popular course, the 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 neurologic 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 last two days of the course are spent in the field, making the practice scenarios and conditions as realistic as possible. In addition, you will receive American Heart Association CPR for

Important Course Information:

Download WFR Course Outline (.pdf)

Course Registration

Date: 3/10/12 - 3/22/12	Location: Grand Canyon, AZ Sponsored by: OARS ($75 fee for non-OARS guides for food and transportation.) Starts at: 8:00 am	Fee: $550
Date: 3/12/12 - 3/19/12	Location: Bozeman, MT Sponsored by: OWLS Adventures	Fee: $850 Register with OWLS
Date: 5/7/12 - 5/14/12	Location: Moab, UT Sponsored by: USU Price Includes: Food and lodging	Fee: $800 Register with USU 435.797.0551
Date: 5/21/12 - 6/1/12	Backpacking Adventure WFR Location: Appalachian Trail, Charlottesville, VA Sponsored by: OWLS Adventures Price includes: Tuition, All Meals, USFS Appalachian Trail Permit Fees, Guided Hiking on the AT with experienced Guides, Leave No Trace Instruction, Backcountry Travel Instruction (including cooking, camping, hiking, route finding/map reading, water treatment, foot care, bear proofing camp, layering, basic self care, packing a backpack), Wilderness First Responder Certification, American Heart CPR Certification	Fee: $1200 Register with OWLS
Date: 6/5/12 - 6/16/12	Backpacking Adventure WFR Location: Appalachian Trail, Charlottesville, VA Sponsored by: OWLS Adventures Price includes: Tuition, All Meals, USFS Appalachian Trail Permit Fees, Guided Hiking on the AT with experienced Guides, Leave No Trace Instruction, Backcountry Travel Instruction (including cooking, camping, hiking, route finding/map reading, water treatment, foot care, bear proofing camp, layering, basic self care, packing a backpack), Wilderness First Responder Certification, American Heart CPR Certification	Fee: $1200 Register with OWLS
Date: 7/7/12 - 7/14/12 8:30am	Location: Leadville, CO Sponsored by: Outward Bound	Fee: $550
Date: 9/4/12 – 10/28/12	Location: Location: Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Campus, Glenwood Springs, CO Course Code: HWE-129, Section: SV01, Semester: Fall 2012	Fee: $300 + 4 Credits Register
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