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  Wilderness EMT Module back to course description
  7 Days (65 Hours) course schedule

Day 1: Trauma
~ Welcome & Course Paperwork
~ Course Introduction & Framing
~ Brief Medical / Legal Overview
~ General Trauma Assessment & Treatment
~ Patient Assessment System Review Part 1
~ Basic Life Support Lab: Skills Review
~ Patient Assessment System Review Part 2
~ Simulations

Day 2: Trauma
~ Quiz 1
~ Wounds
~ Wound Cleaning Lab
~ Extremities Splinting Lab
~ Dislocations (lectures, slides & lab)
~ Spine Assessment Lecture & Lab
~ Simulations

Day 3: Environmental
~ Spine Quiz
~ Hypothermias
~ Sunburn & Heat Problems
~ Cold Injury (lecture & slides)
~ Near Drowning
~ Spine Management Lab
~ Litter Carries & Passes Lab
~ Simulations

Day 4: Environmental
~ Quiz 2
~ Wilderness Toxins, Bites, and Stings
~ Anaphylaxis, Allergies, and Injection Lab
~ Altitude
~ Lightning Injury
~ Specialized Rescue Equipment & Improvisation

Day 5: Medical & Video Simulation 1
~ Quiz 3
~ Basic Pharmacology
~ Infectious Diseases
~ Gastrointestinal (GI) problems
~ Genitourinary (GU) problems
~ Diabetes
~ Video Simulation 1


Day 6: Medical & Video Simulation 2
~ Quiz 4
~ Ears, Eyes, Nose, Throat & Teeth Problems
~ Asthmas
~ Video Simulation 2


Day 7: Video Simulation 3 & Closing
~ Video Simulation 3
~ First Aid Kits
~ Final Written Exam
~ Course Debrief & Closing
  Wilderness First Responder back to course description
  9 Days (80 Hours) course schedule
Day 1: Foundation Skills
~ Opening & Course Paperwork
~ Course Introduction & Framing
~ Brief Medical / Legal Overview
~ Normal Anatomy & Physiology (All Systems)
~ Body Defenses
~ Patient Assessment System Part 1
~ Basic Life Support Skills including CPR
~ Simulations


Day 2: Trauma

~ General Concepts in Patient Care
~ General Concepts in Abnormal Physiology
~ Autonomic Stress Response
~ Increased ICP, Concussion
~ Respiratory Distress
~ Volume Shock
~ Stable & Unstable Musculoskeletal Injuries
~ Patient Assessment System Part 2
~ Simulations


Day 3: Trauma
~ Quiz 1
~ Wounds
~ Wound Cleaning Lab
~ Infection
~ Burns
~ Extremities Splinting Lab
~ Spine Assessment Lecture & Lab


Day 4: Environmental
~ Spine Quiz
~ Hypothermia
~ Sunburn & Heat Problems
~ Cold Injury
~ Near Drowning
~ Spine Management Lab
Day 5: Environmental
~ Quiz 2
~ Toxins, Bites, & Stings
~ Anaphylaxis/Allergies
~ Injection Lab
~ Altitude
~ Lightening
~ Simulations

Day 6: Medical
~ Quiz 3
~ Basic Pharmacology
~ Infectious Diseases
~ Gastrointestinal (GI) Problems
~ Genitourinary (GU) Problems
~ Diabetes
~ Dislocations Lab
~ Simulations

Day 7: Medical
~ Quiz 4
~ Ears, Eyes, Nose, Throat & Teeth Problems
~ Asthma
~ Heart Attack, Angina
~ Stroke
~ Seizures
~ Specialized Rescue Equipment & Improvisation

Day 8: Video Simulations 1 & 2
~ Video Simulation 1
~ Litter Carries & Passes
~ Video Simulation 2

Day 9: Video Simulation 3 & Closure
~ First Aid Kits
~ Video Simulation 3
~ Final Written Exam & CPR Practical
~ Course Debrief & Closing
  Wilderness Advanced First Aid back to course description
  5 Days (45 hours) course schedule

Day 1: Trauma
~ Opening & Course Paperwork
~ Course Introduction
~ Medical/Legal Overview
~ General Concepts in Patient Care
~ Critical Systems Trauma Assessment & Treatment
~ Body Defenses
~ Patient Assessment System (PAS), Part 1
~ Basic Life Support Skills (BLS) Lab including
adult CPR instruction
~ Evening Session: Adult CPR Practical Testing

Day 2: Trauma
~ Quiz 1
~ Wounds
~ Wound Cleaning Lab
~ Stable & Unstable Musculoskeletal Injuries
~ 1:1 Extremities Splinting Lab & Patient Carries
~ Patient Assessment System (PAS), Part 2
~ Simulations

Day 3: Environmental
~Quiz 2
~ Hypothermia
~ Sunburn & Heat Problems
~ Near Drowning
~ Lightning Injury
~ Spine Assessment & Lab
~ Simulations

Day 4: Environmental & Medical
~ Quiz 3
~ Wilderness Toxins, Bites, & Stings
~ Anaphylaxis, Allergies, & Injection Lab
~ Angina/Heart Attack
~ Seizures
~ Abdominal Emergencies
~ Diabetic Emergencies
~ Spine Management Lab

Day 5: Testing & Closure
~ Final Written Exam
~ Wilderness CPR Exam
~ Exam Correction & Review
~ Simulations
~ Course Debrief & Closing

 

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 Review & Recertification back to course description
 3 Days (27 hours) course schedule
Day 1: Trauma
~ Opening & Course Paperwork
~ Course Introduction
~ General Trauma Review
~ Quiz 1
~ Patient Assessment System Review (PAS), Part 1
~ Basic Life Support (BLS) Lab: Skills Review
~ Patient Assessment System Review (PAS), Part 2
~ Simulations
~ Evening Session: Wilderness CPR & AED Skills
Review & Exam

Day 2

~ Review Cold and Heat Related Problems
~ Quiz 2
~ Extremities Splinting Lab
~ Dislocations Review Lab
~ Spine Assessment Review & Lab
~ Simulations
Day 3
~ Toxins Review
~ Anaphylaxis Review & Injection Lab
~ Quiz 3
~ Spine Management Review & Lab
~ Exam Review & Open Case Studies Forum
~ Final Written Case Studies Exam & CPR Practical
~ General Debrief and Closing
  Two Day Wilderness First Aid back to course description
  2 Days (18 hours) course schedule
Day 1
~ Opening & Course Paperwork
~ Course Introduction
~ Critical Systems Trauma Assessment & Treatment
~ Patient Assessment System (PAS), Part 1
~ Basic Life Support Skills (BLS) Lab
~ Patient Assessment System (PAS), Part 2
Day 2
~ Sunburn & Heat Problems (Heat Exhaustion,
Heat Stroke, Electrolyte Sickness)
~ Hypothermia
~ Near Drowning
~ Wound Cleaning Lab
~ Stable & Unstable Musculoskeletal Injuries
~ Extremities Splinting Lab
~ Simulations
~ Course Debrief & Closing
  Three Day Wilderness First Aid back to course description
  3 Days (27 hours) course schedule
Day 1
~ Opening & Course Paperwork
~ Course Introduction
~ Critical Systems Trauma Assessment & Treatment
~ Patient Assessment System (PAS), Part 1
~ Basic Life Support Skills (BLS) Lab
~ Patient Assessment System (PAS), Part 2

Day 2:
~ Wound Cleaning Lab
~ Stable & Unstable Musculoskeletal Injuries
~ Extremities Splinting Lab
~ Spine Assessment & Lab
~ Simulations
Day 3
~ Sunburn & Heat Problems (Heat Exhaustion,
Heat Stroke, Electrolyte Sickness)
~ Hypothermia
~ Near Drowning
~ Wilderness Toxins
~ Allergies Lecture & Injection Lab
~ Simulations
~ Course Debrief & Closing
  Instructor Training Course back to course description
  14 Days (110 hours) course schedule
Day 1:
~ Foundation Skills: teaching methodology, strategies,
progressions, and tools for instructing
wilderness medicine.

Day 2:
~ Designing & Managing Lectures
~ Practice Lectures & Feedback

Day 3:
~ Practice Lectures & Feedback

Day 4:
~ Practice Lectures & Feedback

Day 5:
~ Managing Simulation, Quiz, & Case Study
White Board Reviews
~ Practice White Board Reviews & Feedback

Day 6:
~ Designing & Managing Skill Labs
~ Practice Skill Labs & Feedback
Day 7:
~ Designing & Managing Demonstrations
~ Practice Demonstrations & Feedback

Day 8:

~ Designing & Managing Basic Simulations
~ Practice Simulations & Feedback

Day 9:
~ Designing & Managing Video Simulations &
Reviews
~ Practice Video Simulations & Feedback

Day 10:
~ WFA planning.

Day 11-13:
~ Student Teaching: Wilderness First Aid Workshop
~ Evening Feedback Session

Day 14:
~ Course Debrief & Closure
~ Personal Exit Interviews