WFR Recert

REFRESH YOUR MEDICAL SKILLS

Our hybrid Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Recertification is for eligible students whose current WFR Certification is due to expire. This class combines self-paced online learning and hands-on in-person instruction.

Students will review essential skills, wilderness protocols, and updates in wilderness medicine. This course requires ~12 hours of interactive online learning followed by 16 hours of in-person training over two days.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course will review the major curricular areas and skills taught in a Wilderness First Responder course. Examples include, but are not limited to: 

• The general principles of wilderness and rescue medicine with an emphasis on identifying medical emergencies, critical thinking, and risk management

• Patient assessment and emergency care including CPR and AED use, basic life support skills, the patient assessment system, patient reporting, and calling for help

• Treatment of injuries from traumatic mechanisms and the treatment of musculoskeletal problems such as overuse syndromes and dislocations

• Environmental medicine including illness and injuries related to altitude, temperature, lightning, submersion, and environmental toxins

• Backcountry medicine including the assessment and treatment of common medical problems

• Non-technical lifting, moving, and extrication of patients with an emphasis on spinal motion restriction when applicable

• Practical Skills including bleeding control, wound management, bandaging, splinting, spine stable patient packaging, hypothermia management, medical kit preparation 

• WMA International wilderness protocols, including treatment of anaphylaxis, wound management, CPR in a remote setting, spine injury assessment, reduction of simple dislocations, and treatment for severe asthma

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