Course Information
Wilderness First Responder
Certificates Issued:
Professional Rescuer CPR - Expires in 2 years
First Responder - Expires in 3 years
Advanced Wilderness First Aid - Expires in 3 years
Wilderness First Responder - Expires in 3 years
Contact Hours: 72 hours
Standard Taught To:
The Wilderness First Responder Course is a National Safety Council (NSC) certified course.
It meets all current United States Department of Transportation
National Standard Curriculum for First Responder.
This course is offered:
as 16 sessions over a seven week period
The seven week course involves 16 sessions - fourteen evening classroom sessions
and two Saturday field sessions.
or
as an intensive nine day course
The intensive course involves 9 days - six all day classroom sessions,
two evening classroom sessions (yes, two class days are from 8:30 AM to
10:00 PM), two all day field sessions, and one day devoted to reading
the texts. There are two texts to read in this course and students must
devote their off time to reading.
Description:
Would you know what to do if someone needed your help in the back country?
What if that someone was you or your friend? This course is designed for
those of you who want to know what to do in a back country emergency. In this
course you will receive hands on practice time. You will participate in
first aid scenarios that will sharpen your first aid skills and give you
a chance to practice in "real life".
Also provided is an overview of wilderness medicine issues such as wilderness
emergencies and extended care situations.
This course consists of classroom sessions and field sessions.
The classroom sessions consist of classroom instruction,
demonstration, practical skills practice, the use of audio/visual materials,
and student participation.
The field sessions involve student participation under the direction
of the instructors. The instructors demonstrate various skills that the
students will need to practice and use in the scenarios. Then the students
practice basic skills such as bandaging, splinting, moving a patient safely,
and patient assessment. Next they participate in scenarios in order to teach
them how to evaluate the medical emergency, treat the patient, and develop
an evacuation plan. Finally, the group acts together as a team involving a
scenario with multiple victims. All scenarios are debriefed by the students.
Discussion and evaluation is encouraged.
Training Materials:
The following National Safety Council training materials are used in the course.
The costs of the texts are included in the course fees.
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First Responder: Your First Response in Emergency Care, Third Edition
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and National Safety Council (NSC)
ISBN: 0763714712
Price: $49.95 (U.S. List)
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 512
Copyright: 2001
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First Responder Training
Through these integrated web site training materials students can optionally access supplemental course materials from the First
Responder Training web site that accompanies First Responder, Third Edition.
The web site includes such topics as:
Online Pretests help prepare students for training. Each
chapter has an online pretest and provides instant results, feedback on
incorrect answers, and page references.
Online Glossary expands student's vocabulary through an
interactive key term review.
Online Review Manual quizzes students on chapter material and
provides instant feedback and a chapter correlation of the question/answer to
the Third Edition.
Web Links further reinforce and expand on topics covered in
each chapter. Every link is presented with a description of both the topic and
the web site.
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Wilderness First Aid, Second Edition
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
Wilderness Medical Society (WMS)
ISBN 13: 9780763728311
ISBN 10: 0763728314
Price: $19.95 (U.S. List)
Cover: Paperback
Pages: 350
Copyright: 2005 |
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