SkillFluent Academy
First Aid & Emergencyintermediate

Wilderness and Remote First Aid

Learn to assess and manage injuries and illnesses when professional help is far away or delayed for hours or days: extended patient assessment, improvised splinting and evacuation decisions, environmental emergencies, water and food safety in the backcountry, and long-term wound care. Knowledge-based training for hikers, guides, camp staff and outdoor professionals; it does not replace a hands-on Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid certification course where one is required for employment.

9h13 lessonsCertificate included

$72.00

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  • Rich lessons, games & a final exam
  • Lifetime access to course content
  • Verifiable certificate (valid 24 months)

What you'll learn

  • Perform an extended patient assessment when evacuation will be delayed
  • Manage fractures, dislocations and wounds with improvised equipment
  • Recognize and treat environmental emergencies: heat, cold, altitude and lightning
  • Make sound evacuation decisions and improvise safe transport
  • Manage water disinfection, food safety and hygiene on extended trips

Syllabus

1. The Wilderness Context: Why Remote First Aid Is Different · 1 lessons
  • Read: The Wilderness Context: Why Remote First Aid Is Different7 min
2. Extended Patient Assessment (SOAP Notes) · 1 lessons
  • Read: Extended Patient Assessment (SOAP Notes)7 min
3. Fractures, Dislocations and Improvised Splinting · 1 lessons
  • Read: Fractures, Dislocations and Improvised Splinting7 min
4. Wound Care and Infection Prevention in the Backcountry · 1 lessons
  • Read: Wound Care and Infection Prevention in the Backcountry7 min
5. Heat-Related Illness and Hydration · 1 lessons
  • Read: Heat-Related Illness and Hydration7 min
6. Cold-Related Illness and Hypothermia · 1 lessons
  • Read: Cold-Related Illness and Hypothermia7 min
7. Altitude Illness and High-Elevation Emergencies · 1 lessons
  • Read: Altitude Illness and High-Elevation Emergencies7 min
8. Lightning, Water Safety and Aquatic Emergencies · 1 lessons
  • Read: Lightning, Water Safety and Aquatic Emergencies7 min
9. Water Disinfection, Food Safety and Camp Hygiene · 1 lessons
  • Read: Water Disinfection, Food Safety and Camp Hygiene7 min
10. Evacuation Decision-Making and Improvised Transport · 1 lessons
  • Read: Evacuation Decision-Making and Improvised Transport7 min
11. Bites, Stings and Envenomation in the Wilderness · 1 lessons
  • Read: Bites, Stings and Envenomation in the Wilderness7 min
12. Group Leadership, Risk Management and Trip Planning · 1 lessons
  • Read: Group Leadership, Risk Management and Trip Planning7 min
13. Final exam · 1 lessons
  • Final exam (25 questions)25 min