Description
This 9-day Wilderness First Responder course is an advanced and comprehensive first aid training aimed at those who travel off the beaten track, whether on foot or in a vehicle. It is the international standard for adventure guides, outdoor professionals, and those serious about preparedness and wilderness skills.
Ideal for adventure guides, geologists, farmers, game rangers, and other professionals working in the wild, this course prepares you to take prolonged care of sick or injured clients or colleagues far from help. It also serves as a good introduction to wilderness medicine for doctors, paramedics, nurses, and other medical professionals new to wilderness and remote environment medicine.
The course offers an intense 80-hour learning experience packed with knowledge, hard skills, and extensive simulation training to adequately prepare you for being the help in the wilderness. Wild Medix introduced this course to South Africa over 21 years ago and offers this training throughout Africa. Our instructors are qualified and experienced wilderness medics with decades of experience and proven credentials.
Topics covered:
- Introduction to wilderness medicine
- Legal issues and ethics in wilderness medicine
- Hazards and scene management
- Anatomy and physiology, advanced patient assessment & equipment
- CPR, advanced CPR equipment, oxygen, AED
- Choking, shock, unconsciousness, and fainting
- Head and spinal injury
- Bleeding control, including Stop The Bleed
- Wound care and wound closure
- Infection control and long-term wound care
- Fractures, sprains, strains, and dislocations
- Splinting and strapping
- Improvised splinting, traction, and other treatments
- Burns
- Diabetes, seizures and epilepsy, cardiac conditions
- Hypothermia, hyperthermia, and other environmental conditions
- Altitude related conditions, decompression illness, diving emergencies
- Motion sickness
- Behavioural problems
- Allergies and allergic reactions
- Poisoning, bites, and stings
- Water emergencies and ocean-related emergencies
- Patient lifting, self-extrication, and transport
- Wilderness medicine and pharmacology
- Wilderness medicine equipment and kits
Course Facts:
- Duration: 80 Hours, typically 9 full days
- Custom programmes available
- Accreditation: SA Department of Labour accepted, QCTO aligned, Wilderness Medical Society (USA)
- Certification: QCTO Level 3 aligned certificate (valid for 3 years), WMX Wilderness First Responder
- Cost: R8,600.00 per person, group prices on request
- Included: Tuition, quality course notes, CPR pouch, training equipment
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