Learn practical skills to assess a patient, provide basic treatment, and manage injuries or illness until professional help arrives. The WFA is 16 hours long (two days), and focuses on the basic skills of: Response and Assessment, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Environmental Emergencies, Survival Skills, Soft Tissue Injuries, and Medical Emergencies. Following successful completion of the course, a two (2) year SOLO Certification (Nationally Recognized) is provided. Learn more at the SOLO website.

Learning Objectives:

• Assess and document a patient’s condition in a remote setting. Participants will conduct a systematic patient assessment, recognize signs of shock, document findings using SOAP notes, and determine priorities when professional medical care is delayed.​​​​​

• Demonstrate first aid treatment for common wilderness injuries and illnesses. Participants will apply appropriate care for musculoskeletal injuries, wounds, bleeding, burns, breathing problems, allergic reactions, and changes in a patient’s level of consciousness.

• Respond effectively to environmental and backcountry emergencies. Participants will identify and manage conditions such as hypothermia, frostbite, dehydration, heat illness, bites, stings, lightning injuries, and drowning while using practical survival and evacuation principles.

Please note: In order to hold this pre-conference workshop, the instructor is requesting a minimum of 8 attendees. If the workshop does not meet the minimum requirements, attendees will be provided with a full refund.