Wilderness First Responder

  
    Wilderness First Responders are individuals who are trained to respond to emergency medical situations in remote settings. They are part of a wide variety of wilderness medical professionals who deal with medical emergencies that occur in remote and wilderness settings where help is far away or totally unreachable. This Wilderness First Responder training course focuses on teaching the student to assess a situation, improvise solutions using available resources to stabilize the patient and identify the best way to get the patient to definitive medical treatment. Since the Wilderness First Responder or WFR is usually found in the remote outdoors, they must learn how to provide excellent medical care by using whatever happens to be available in their outdoor kit.

   This certified 80 hour course is the industry standard for wilderness guides, outdoor enthusiasts, and troop leaders. It is based on the protocols of the Wilderness Medical Society guidelines and the AREMT-FR.
    It consists of lectures, hands on demonstrations, and field based scenarios that provide the opportunity to learn by doing. The curriculum includes: wilderness wound management, how to realign sprains, fractures and reduce dislocations, patient assessment and treatment, long term management issues, and additional topics.

    This course is designed to transform anyone with little medical training into a health care provider for austere and wilderness situations. The course is mainly conducted outdoors near Cahersiveen in County Kerry. For a large part of this class you will be outside and active.

CPR and AED is included with this programme.

Accelerated WFR:
This course is offered as a part self study and part hands on training. For this option, the student will be given an intensive medical curriculum that *MUST* be completed prior to arrival at the IPNA headquarters. A 20 question multiple choice test will be given during the first day of class. No on will be allowed to continue who does not pass this exam. During the next five day residential part of the course, students will get hands on clinical curriculum to round out their WFR training.

 

Prerequisite:
   It is highly suggested that students have at least a two day Outdoor First Aid or a REC 2 course before enrolment.
    Anyone who enrolls in this WFR course is encouraged to attend our Outdoor First Aid course prior to the beginning of the WFR training free of charge.

Cost: €450
Food is not provided.
Tent sites are available for the duration of the course.
Snacks and tea will always be available

IPNA WORK STUDY EXCHANGE
   Students can earn €75 off their tuition by arriving a day before the class starts to help out on the land. The work day will be 5-6 hours of work. We have paths to make, spruce limbs to haul away and general setup requirements. Anna needs help around the poly tunnel site and her gardens. Feel free to contact us for additional information.

Download a PDF file describing WFR training (64kb)
Download the WFR pre course handout (140kb)

Dates: June 7-11, 2010
-40 hours pre study required
-40 hours of hands on wilderness based training in South Kerry

Click here for the Course Schedule
Click here to register for Courses

The Wilderness First Responder is certified through the Wilderness Medical Society. The CPR and AED portion of this course are certified through American Safety and Health Institute.

Additionally the IPNA Wilderness First Responder is certified through the Australasian Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians as the AREMT-FR.

Here are some of Aebhric's blogs on Wilderness Medicine
Common Wilderness Diseases
Herbal Applications in Wilderness Medicine

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