Wilderness First Responder Course

jason · 01-21-2010, 10:14 AM

Anyone ever taken a course on this? I hear they tend to give you a lot of great information.

GPER · 01-24-2010, 09:27 AM

I have wanted to take one, but have never had the funds for it, and haven't found one in my area. I do keep my first aid and cpr up to date.

Bradsalex · 01-24-2010, 11:20 AM

I'm sure any big-time mountaineer training schools have their own rescue courses. I have had the privilege to be in a "Special" unit in the military where our job was search and rescue. I got many years of experience from that but I am also an EMT and I try to keep up-to-date on that stuff. Speaking of that, I will have to re-cert here soon.

GPER · 01-24-2010, 09:05 PM

The parks system here here offers it, it is a week long course at a Boy Scout camp for 5 hundred and some dollars. So that refreshed my memory why I have never done it.

jason · 01-26-2010, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by GPER

The parks system here here offers it, it is a week long course at a Boy Scout camp for 5 hundred and some dollars. So that refreshed my memory why I have never done it.

Wow that is something. I found one that was 80 hours long, but did not give a price. There was a first aid type class for wilderness, it was over a weekend, and only around $100. I cannot find it now.

GPER · 02-03-2010, 09:27 PM

I have had the basic first aid and cpr for years and I would think wilderness first aid would be about the same. You might have to be creative about some things, but from what I have heard that is what the coarse is about. I think I can do that on my own and save myself 500 bucks. Looks like a book would be the way to go if we find one.

jason · 02-04-2010, 03:50 PM

Don't have any "real" first aid training. I wouldn't mind going to a class that teaches things like CPR, treating snake bites, and other real life stuff. I get worried now with the kid coming along. They are much more curious then anything else.

GPER · 02-09-2010, 07:27 PM

Raising kids has changed we used to keep ipecac syrup and activated carbon on hand for the kids. I guess they don't do that anymore according to my class. I haven't called poison control yet to confirm it yet.

Bradsalex · 02-10-2010, 12:25 AM

GPER,

When I went through the EMT-B course a few years ago we used Activated Charcoal. In Virginia at least, they no longer carry Syrup of Ipecac in the medic vehicles.

GPER · 02-10-2010, 09:40 PM

Thanks, I'll have to get some of that since we have grandkids now.

01-21-2010, 10:14 AM	#1
jason Look 2x Safe a life Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 1,072	Wilderness First Responder Course Anyone ever taken a course on this? I hear they tend to give you a lot of great information. Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/outdoorbasecamp

01-24-2010, 09:27 AM	#2
GPER Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 41	I have wanted to take one, but have never had the funds for it, and haven't found one in my area. I do keep my first aid and cpr up to date. Last edited by GPER; 01-24-2010 at 09:30 AM.

01-24-2010, 11:20 AM	#3
Bradsalex To Each Their Own Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 67 Blog Entries: 2	I'm sure any big-time mountaineer training schools have their own rescue courses. I have had the privilege to be in a "Special" unit in the military where our job was search and rescue. I got many years of experience from that but I am also an EMT and I try to keep up-to-date on that stuff. Speaking of that, I will have to re-cert here soon. "Being properly distracted for a moment is child's play, being rightly distracted for a lifetime is and art." ~Douglas Adams

02-04-2010, 03:50 PM	#7
jason Look 2x Safe a life Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 1,072	Don't have any "real" first aid training. I wouldn't mind going to a class that teaches things like CPR, treating snake bites, and other real life stuff. I get worried now with the kid coming along. They are much more curious then anything else. Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/outdoorbasecamp

02-10-2010, 12:25 AM	#9
Bradsalex To Each Their Own Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 67 Blog Entries: 2	GPER, When I went through the EMT-B course a few years ago we used Activated Charcoal. In Virginia at least, they no longer carry Syrup of Ipecac in the medic vehicles. "Being properly distracted for a moment is child's play, being rightly distracted for a lifetime is and art." ~Douglas Adams

01-24-2010, 09:05 PM	#4
GPER Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 41	The parks system here here offers it, it is a week long course at a Boy Scout camp for 5 hundred and some dollars. So that refreshed my memory why I have never done it.

02-03-2010, 09:27 PM	#6
GPER Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 41	I have had the basic first aid and cpr for years and I would think wilderness first aid would be about the same. You might have to be creative about some things, but from what I have heard that is what the coarse is about. I think I can do that on my own and save myself 500 bucks. Looks like a book would be the way to go if we find one.

02-09-2010, 07:27 PM	#8
GPER Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 41	Raising kids has changed we used to keep ipecac syrup and activated carbon on hand for the kids. I guess they don't do that anymore according to my class. I haven't called poison control yet to confirm it yet.

02-10-2010, 09:40 PM	#10
GPER Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 41	Thanks, I'll have to get some of that since we have grandkids now.

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