Wilderness Medicine is defined as being 2 or more hours from definitive care. Most front-country environments, even though they may be close to urbanized areas or roads, are more than 2 hours from definitive care due to the complexity of the terrain for the patient extraction. Topography and terrain differentials play a big role in patient extraction from a wooded environment.
Prerequisite minimums for all levels are 18 years of age or older and current CPR certification.
During this 2 day (16 hour) course you'll learn the basics of responding to emergencies in a wilderness environment on low angle terrain.
This 40 hour course covers in-depth knowledge on responding to incidents in a wilderness environment. You will learn patient assessment, basic patient stabilization, patient packaging, and much more!
This 80 hour hybrid course consists of 40 hours in-person training and 40 hours of online/virtual training. The virtual training can be completed on your own time. The WFR course covers long term patient care and management, remote patient packaging and extraction, basic roping methods for litter travels, airway management and much more!
You MUST hold a current state or National EMT certification to take this course. This a 5 day (40 hours, 16 virtual, 24 in-person) module covering various topics like long term patient care & management, remote extractions, high altitude, and remote illnesses and much more!
If you'd like to host a course or have a private course conducted for your agency, please call or email us at: (518) 418-5058 or nrrieducation@gmail.com
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