We are offering a Wilderness First Aid course this year!
Wilderness First Aid/WFR-R with Backcountry Medical Guides
Date: November 8-9th, 2025
Time: 9:00a – 4:30p
Location: Waterfront Activity Center
Cost: $350.00
UW students receive 10% off with the code UW10 when they register.
Curriculum and Objectives:
- Manage risk through pre trip planning and preventative techniques: first aid kits, pre-trip medical assessments, travel medicine, telemedicine.
- Assess and treat life threatening emergencies: airway management, hemorrhage control, CPR, shock, and stabilization.
- Practice common trauma techniques: wound and fracture management, head injuries, neck and spine injury, blunt trauma, burns, dental and eye trauma.
- Develop important judgment skills for the assessment and evacuation of medical and environmental emergencies in the backcountry: heat and cold emergencies, animal bites and stings, lightning and adverse weather, search and rescue basics, cardiac and respiratory emergencies, diabetes, seizures, anaphylaxis.
Certifications Gained:
- Wilderness First Aid, valid for 2 years
- CPR: AED Adult/Child/Infant, valid for 2 years
- Wilderness First Responder-Refresher for those holding a current WFR Certification or within 1 year of expiration, valid for 2 years. Additional e-labs apply.
- WA Epinephrine Auto-Injector Certification, valid for 2 years
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