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Wilderness First Aid Advanced

Course info

The training program refers to people who spent lot of time in outdoor activities and those who working in the outdoor industry where the possibility of a life-threatening incident or illness has a big chance to happen.

Course participants will learn how to assess, treat, and when possible, prevent medical and traumatic emergencies within the scope of their training.

When the medical services are far away, or help is an hour or a day away the patient’s management challenge the first aid knowledge and skills in combination with the minimum equipment for treatment and evacuation which may have to be improvised.

  • Action at an Emergency
  • Checking and Injured or Ill Person
  • Shock
  • Bleeding Control
  • Wound Care
  • Bandaging Wounds
  • Burns
  • Eye, Ear, Nose, and Tooth Injuries
  • Head, Brain, and Spinal Injuries
  • Chest, Abdominal and Pelvic Injuries
  • Bone, Joint, and Muscle Injuries
  • Extremity Injuries
  • Poisoning
  • Plant-Induced Dermatitis
  • Snake and Other Reptile Bites
  • Heat & Cold-Related Emergencies
  • Altitude Illness
  • Lightning
  • Respiratory Emergencies
  • Abdominal Complaints
  • Allergies and Anaphylaxis
  • Emergency Rescues, Moves, and Prioritizing Multiple Injured People
  • Evacuation
  • The minimum age is 18 years (Age of consenting adults) no previous criminal convictions, nor prior penal record, or incapacitating Mental health issues. Courses are available to everyone else, excluding the aforementioned persons.
  • CPR-AED CERTIFICATE
  • 20 DAYS before the course the participants receive their handbook, before the beginning of the course a pre-test is written. The necessary percentage to continue the course is 60%.
  • This course will be taught with the use of classroom & practical exercises in outdoor environment.
  • A continuous evaluation is performed by the instructors during the course.
  • The final assessment includes a practical and theoretical examination.

    • Examination:
    Written with multiple choice questions

  • Course folder
  • BOOK: Wilderness First Aid (Emergency Care in Remote Locations, Fifth Edition)
  • Certificate of Training Completion (ECSI)

    • During the training courses a number of extensive practical drills and evaluation assessments are in effect, based on progressive scenarios and depending on the level of difficulty .

    WILDERNESS FIRST AID is hard, physically demanding course. Prospective students to the field classes must be capable of practicing in terrain and dense vegetation, during both daytime and nighttime exercises, in all types of weather, for several hours, while carrying various personal gear and team equipment that may weigh up to 25 kg. During the drills participants will assist in the carry-out of a patient which may weighs up to 100kg as part of a rotating 6-person team.

    If you are not physically capable of such strenuous activity, please do not sign-up for this class.

    36-40 HOURS


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