The course will focus on the review of the major curricular areas and skills taught in a Wilderness First Responder course. Examples include, but are not limited to:

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• The general principles of wilderness and rescue medicine with an emphasis on identifying medical emergencies, critical thinking, and risk management.

• Patient assessment and emergency care including CPR and AED use, basic life support skills, the patient assessment system, patient reporting, and calling for help.

• Treatment of injuries from traumatic mechanisms and the treatment of musculoskeletal problems such as overuse syndromes and dislocations.

• Environmental medicine including illness and injuries related to altitude, temperature, lightning, submersion, and environmental toxins.

• Backcountry medicine including the assessment and treatment of common medical problems.

• Non-technical lifting, moving, and extrication of patients with an emphasis on spinal motion restriction when applicable.

• Practical Skills including bleeding control, wound management, bandaging, splinting, spine stable patient packaging, hypothermia management, medical kit preparation.

• WMA International wilderness protocols, including treatment of anaphylaxis, wound management, CPR in a remote setting, spine injury assessment, reduction of simple dislocations, and treatment for severe asthma.