Wilderness First Responder school training courses in Colorado Springs, CO (public, in-house or online)

Provides the student with those skills and emergency medical care techniques used by guides, trip leaders and others providing primary care in backcountry settings. The student will be able to respond correctly to those medical and trauma situations commonly encountered when entry into the EMS system is delayed or unlikely.

This course is designed to provide outdoor leaders, instructors, guides, rangers, wilderness and foreign travelers with the knowledge needed to deal with emergencies in remote settings. Emphasis is placed upon prevention, leadership skills, and decision-making. The 80-hour national curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. The course is contracted in affiliation with WMI (Wilderness Medicine Institute) as part of NOLS (National Outd...

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This is an 80 hour national curriculum which leads to a 3-year certification as a Wilderness First responder. Specific skills and techniques for outdoor emergencies in backcountry and remote settings. Fall, Spring, Summer

This course is designed for wilderness guides and instructors, rangers,
emergency response teams, and rock and ice climbing guides. Course
content includes breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults, infants and
children, identifying and caring for bleeding, sudden illness, injuries,
preventing disease transmission, environmental emergencies, equipment,
supplies, and improving odds of survival.

The Wilderness First Responder Recertification course is a 24-hour curriculum course that will include a review of patient assessment, equipment improvisation, bleeding control, shock and wound care, respiratory injuries and treatment, basic brain injuries and treatment, musculoskeletal injuries and splinting, common environmental injuries and medical emergencies. Emphasis will be placed on assessment skills and the problems that long-term evacuation present. Methods include lectures as well as ...

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