Wilderness First Aid: Get Your Outdoor Emergency Training

Do you work or play in the great outdoors? Are you prepared to respond to an accident or emergency that you might encounter? Whether you’re hiking, biking, climbing or involved with water sports, you owe it to yourself to have some level of outdoor medical training or wilderness training. Here are a few options offered by Sierra Rescue!

• Wilderness First Aid, This one day course covers Basic Life Support and CPR, Trauma, Environmental Problems, and Medical Problems. This is perfect for anyone who works or recreates in an outdoor environment. It gives you the basics for how to handle a medical situation in a wilderness environment. The course includes CPR certification that is OSHA approved through American CPR.

• Wilderness Advanced First Aid, Our Wilderness Advanced First Aid course is designed with the outdoor professional in mind. It focuses on developing skills for treating problems outside the “golden hour” of first response. It is based on the protocols set by the Wilderness Medical Society and instruction encourage  students ability to think through body systems in an effort to determine the best response to traumatic, environmental or medical situations. Classroom sessions are followed with hands on practice to integrate the information in a field setting. 100% attendance is required and there will be a night scenario included. A comprehensive written exam is also administered. The course includes CPR certification that is OSHA approved through American CPR.

• Wilderness First Responder, The 9 day Wilderness First Responder Course is the most intensive course we teach. It has become the industry standard for most guide services and environmental education programs. Our course includes lots of anatomy and physiology. If one understands how the body works they can better understand what it needs during traumatic, environmental and medical emergencies. We split our classroom time with tons of scenarios, labs and a night rescue simulation. We can schedule this course for on-location training at Universities, Community Centers, or Outdoor Programs. This course includes CPR certification that is OSHA approved through American CPR.

If you have questions about these or any of our wilderness first aid courses, please visit our website www.sierrarescue.com or email us at info@sierrarescue.com! This is a great course to take in addition to our swiftwater rescue or technical rope rescue training!