We offer a wide variety of courses that cover Wilderness Medicine, to include Wilderness First Aid (WFA), Wilderness First Responder (WFR) & the Wilderness EMT (WEMT) upgrade. We also cover Austere care in our Disaster Mitigation program. Please contact us for more information.  

Life Support Services 800-474-2778

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Wilderness First Aid

The cost for this class is $199.00 and this price will cover all materials & equipment needed for this class. Your certification card will be through the AAOS American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons. (The cost of the program includes a water-proof field guide, as well as all the gear needed to complete the course).

Please contact us for more information or to register: hunter@lifesupportservices.net 

Or call us @ 800-474-2778

DAY 1 

Introductions 

Initial Assessment

Patient Exam

Wilderness Wound Management

Vital Signs & Focused History 

Lunch

Focused Spine Assessment

Backboard Management 

Cold & Heat Injuries Illness

Shock & Head Injuries

DAY 2

Stings, Snakes & Animal Bites

Fractures, Sprains & Strains

Splints & Improvisation

Packaging (Stokes)

Lunch

First Aid Kits

Gear & Improvisation

Rope Work & Knots

Pulleys & Mechanical Advantage

Scenerio Based Training

 

Below are the books we will be utilizing for the class. At the end of which you will take home the waterproof Field Guide on the bottom.   
Click on this book to see the contents!
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Thanks to all whom partisipated in the recent 2-day WFA class at the Los Vaqueros Watershed, fun was had by all!

View the pictures here