Wilderness First Aid is for anyone who wants to improve their safety in nature. In this specialization, you will find basic emergency medical care to help stabilize or evacuate injured or ill people in wilderness settings. The courses include an introduction to wilderness first aid, medical emergencies, traumatic injuries, and environmental emergencies. Join us as we learn from real-life scenarios and stories from wilderness experts and medical professionals.
Wilderness First Aid Specialization
Wilderness First Aid Specialization
First aid for wilderness medical emergencies. By the end of this course, you should be able to understand common medical problems encountered in a wilderness setting and how to treat them with little resources and identify ways to keep yourself and your group safer in a wilderness or low medical resource environment.
Instructors: Angela Wright, MD
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
(73 reviews)
Beginner level
Recommended experience
4 months at 4 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers
What you'll learn
Understand common medical problems encountered in a wilderness setting.
Identify ways to keep yourself and your group safer in a wilderness or low medical resource environment.
Treatments of common medical problems encountered in a wilderness setting and an understanding of when to evacuate.
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Taught in English
48 practice exercises
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Specialization - 4 course series
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First Aid, Patient Evaluation, Medical History Documentation, Patient Safety, Safety Assurance, Patient Transport, Patient Positioning, Clinical Assessment, Neurology, Emergency Medical Services, and Vital Signs
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Medical Emergency, First Aid, Neurology, Emergency Medicine, Vital Signs, Patient Evaluation, Psychiatry, Emergency Response, Trauma Care, Patient Treatment, Injury Prevention, and Triage
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Splinting, First Aid, Trauma Care, Wound Care, Triage, Patient Positioning, Vital Signs, Clinical Assessment, Emergency Medicine, Patient Evaluation, Orthopedics, Pain Management, and Emergency Response
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First Aid, Sanitation, Emergency Response, Accident Prevention, Injury Prevention, Emergency and Intensive Care, Triage, Medical Emergency, Patient Treatment, Clinical Assessment, Emergency Medicine, Environment Health And Safety, Patient Evaluation, and Acute Care
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