Description:
WFA addresses emergency care in remote settings where definitive medical care or EMS may be delayed for hours or days. The course combines first aid principles with unique wilderness considerations—evacuation, improvisation, and extended care.
Learning Objectives:
- Assess and care for injuries and illnesses in limited-resource environments
- Perform comprehensive primary/secondary patient assessments
- Manage environmental emergencies: hypothermia, hyperthermia, altitude sickness
- Field-splinting, wound care, evacuation decision-making
- Improvise basic medical interventions using available materials
- Prepare for search and rescue and prolonged care scenarios
Description:
WFA addresses emergency care in remote settings where definitive medical care or EMS may be delayed for hours or days. The course combines first aid principles with unique wilderness considerations—evacuation, improvisation, and extended care.
Learning Objectives:
- Assess and care for injuries and illnesses in limited-resource environments
- Perform comprehensive primary/secondary patient assessments
- Manage environmental emergencies: hypothermia, hyperthermia, altitude sickness
- Field-splinting, wound care, evacuation decision-making
- Improvise basic medical interventions using available materials
- Prepare for search and rescue and prolonged care scenarios
