48-Hour Advanced Wilderness First Aid Course

The Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA) credential is widely recognized. The WAFA is often accepted for professionals and guides.

This eleven lesson program combines text books, videos, equipment that is yours to keep, and equipment to be returned, as well as email/telephone contact with an instructor, and student visual feedback thru their choice of video-web cam- or photographs. Not a street medicine course, this is heavy improvisational care. This is truly an interactive learning program unique to the industry. The twelve lessons each representing 4 hours work, are as follows:

Lesson One : Wilderness medicine introduction, medical legal, patient documentation, and rescuer safety Includes backcountry care books to keep and CD/video to study and return
Lesson Two : medications, Sanitation, communicable disease prevention, water treatment. Includes chlorine dioxide tabs to keep and CD/video to study and return

Lesson Three: Basic anatomy, physiology, shock and students choice optional topic. Includes anatomy and physiology book and CD/video to study and return

Lesson Four : Airway, rescue breathing, CPR and altitude. Includes CPR shield, oral pharyngeal to keep, and CD/video to study, and practice shield and return

Lesson Five : Sight review, patient assessment, and vital signs. Includes stethoscope, blood cuff and CD/video to use study and return

Lesson Six: Wound care including burns and blisters, lighten, triage. Includes one wound closure kit, irrigation syringe, gloves to keep, triage tag and CD/video to study and return

Lesson Seven: Heat, Cold, and Altitude. Includes text to study and keep, and CD to study and return

Lesson Eight: Allergies and Anaphylaxis with use of EPI Includes physician protocol letter to keep and CD and video and EPI trainer to use, study and return

Lesson Nine: Splinting including femur traction
Includes Sam splint, 550 cord and CD to study and return

Lesson Ten: Bites, Stings, Poisons, and Abdominal
Includes sawyer extractor and CD to study and return

Lesson Eleven: Diabetic, Seizure, Blisters, Burns, and Chest problems. Includes text to study and CD to study and return.

Lesson Twelve: cervical Spine, Evacuation, Testing, CSID, Disaster Preparedness. Includes special wilderness medicine multi purpose triangle to keep and CD to study and return

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This program is designed for those who can't attend a full 9-day regular class. This 72 hour program starts out with the above 48 hours done over the internet with email, study of lessons, hands on practice with dozen of wilderness medical training items including training CD's and videos as well as telephone time with an instructor.

The student may use web cam, digital photos, or film photos to show skill competency along with written exams and personal time with an instructor over the web and by telephone. For an addition $350 fee the student can attend a special 3-day hands on session offered 8 to 10 times a year to advance the course further in order to obtain the WFR or WEMT credential. Cost does not include room and board.

You keep $166 worth of medical equipment

Protocol papers for your Doctor $25
WMO Triangle $5
Sam splint $18
CPR shield and Oral pharyngeal a airway $8
Stethoscope $18
Sawyer Extractor $18
Wilderness First Responder Text $35
Back country care pocket book $7
Gloves surgical mask antiseptic wipes 550 cord $10
Wound kits irrigation syringe $14
Clorinedioxide tabs $8
Total medical care items $166

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