Wilderness First Aid

Work or recreation in the Wilderness brings additional complications in a first aid emergency. Mainly that emergency care will take longer to arrive.

This online Wilderness First Aid course provides the knowledge needed to attend to a wide range of medical emergencies in the wilderness.

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Wilderness First Aid Learning Outcomes

• Develop understanding of emergency planning and communication
• Know how to respond to a medical emergency in remote and hard to reach environments
• Know how to get specialist help to a casualty as quickly as possible
• Learn how to recognise and treat a range of injuries, including catastrophic bleeding, crush injuries and spinal injuries
• Learn how to recognise and treat a range of environmental medical emergencies, including hypothermia, Lyme disease and insect bites

Wilderness First Aid Course Content

Wilderness First Aid Unit 1: Emergency planning

In this first unit we will look at the importance of forward planning to prepare you to respond to a first aid emergency. This includes risk assessment, planning to evacuate a casualty, emergency communication and first aid equipment.

Wilderness First AidUnit 2: Emergency response

In this second unit you will learn how assess the environment around a casualty. We look at the immediate steps you should take when helping a casualty, as well as how to continue supporting them as you wait for medical help to arrive. Finally, we discuss the need for first aid consideration for hazards specific to a forestry and/or remote environments.

Wilderness First Aid Unit 3: Managing catastrophic bleeding

A traumatic injury resulting in catastrophic bleeding requires fast action, and it requires the right action. In this third unit we look at how to recognise and treat catastrophic bleeding. We explain how applying pressure can stem bleeding. We also explore how to use tourniquets and haemostatic dressings. Finally, we explain after care and how to deal with shock.

Wilderness First Aid Uni 4: Recognising and responding to injury

Next, in unit four we look at how to recognise and respond to a range of injuries, including amputation, crush injuries and head and spinal injuries. These types of injury can often be immediately life-threatening, and both quick thinking and quick action are required.

Wilderness First Aid Unit 5: Environmental hazards and illnesses

In addition to accidental injury, a range of specific environmental hazards can result in a medical emergency in forestry, agricultural or other remote environments. These include extreme hot or cold conditions, as well as illness as a result of insect and snake bites. In this unit we explore first aid response to these environmental hazards.

Wilderness First Aid Unit 6: Course Assessment

Finally, you progress to the 15 question multiple choice quiz.

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Anyone working or spending a lot of time in the wilderness. Particular those undertaking risky activities like logging, mountain biking or climbing.

There are no set requirements before taking this Wilderness First Aid course

Anyone wishing to work in a forestry environment will benefit from this Wilderness First Aid course

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