Wilderness First Responder (WFR)

Overview
The Wilderness First Responder certification is considered the standard medical certification for guides, outdoor educators, trip leaders, and anyone serving as the first point of professional care in remote areas. Through a hands-on exercises, this course builds skills and confidence needed to provide medical care when evacuation is hours or days away. The WFR includes short lectures, interactive labs, and realistic practice scenarios that train students to improvise with limited resources in remote environments.

Subjects Covered
Designed for the outdoor guide, Remote Site Team Lead, or Military Team Lead, the WFR includes a range of introductory medical skills and topics, including patient assessment, lifting and moving patients, cold and heat emergencies, altitude, immersion, submersion, lightning, legal considerations, and more. Students also learn how to effectively manage basic wounds, infection, shock, head injuries, spinal injuries, respiratory and cardiac emergencies, abdominal pain, metabolic and allergic reactions, and altered mental states, for up to eight hours until a higher level of care can arrive. This course is designed to prepare the student in leading and managing a group of individuals who are not medically trained or have basic medical knowledge to assist them in managing a complex patient.

Pre Requisites: 18 years or older

Duration: 9 days, 8am-5pm with a lunch break.*
*There is one required evening scenario

Certifications: WFR (RMT)

Recertification Interval: Three years for certification period