Breath for Life (First Aid Education) Inc. Edmonton

Wilderness First Aid

This course is designed for guides, forest rangers, camp attendants, mountain climbers, hikers, campers, people who work in the outdoors and anyone who enjoys nature.

Topics

Standard First Aid (SFA) Level B CPR.

The Wilderness component applies the SFA concepts to wilderness scenarios which allows the participant to critically think and practice survival and rescue skills. The wilderness component includes such topics as, but is not limited to:

trip preparation
leadership
equipment and clothing removal (boots/helmets)
triage
vital signs check (radial/pedal)
infection
shock
secondary or long-term care of a casualty
cervical collar application
blister care
electric or lightning burns
temperature injuries and fever
immersion foot

leeches
ticks
snake bites
snow blindness
acute mountain sickness including high altitude pulmonary and cerebral edema
immersion in cold water
transporting a casualty to trailhead including making a stretcher
search and rescue
helicopter guidelines
death
building fires and shelters.

The Wilderness component is hands-on and involves an outdoor component. The outdoor component will require participants to bring various first aid supplies such as:

emergency blankets
whistles
tarps
mats

first aid kit
nourishment
and seasonal attire

The participant must be equipped to endure hospitable and/or inclement environmental conditions.

Standard/Wilderness First Aid

Expiry: 3 years

32 hours
$252.00 + GST

Wilderness First Aid
(Pre-requisite: A current Standard First Aid/Level B CPR. Note: The CPR must be certified under the new guidelines. If you do not have these pre-requisites please speak to a Breath for Life Inc. representative).

Expiry: 3 years

16 hours
$202.00 + GST

Wilderness First Aid ReCertification

Expiry: 3 years

24 hours $172.00 + GST

Open to groups only.

We accept: Money Orders, Cash and

Online registration is not available, at this time, due to the new CPR guidelines and levels. In order to register you in the correct course it is best to speak to a Breath for Life Inc. representative.

Prices may change without notice.