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Advanced Wilderness First Aid Certification Course
Part II (Upgrade from
WFA, or recertify AWFA or
WFR)
Description:
Building on the skills learned in
Wilderness First Aid, and
following the same MEDIC-style course format of ~50 / 50: lecture+Q&A /
hands-on, this course is a 2-day "bridge" to the Advanced Wilderness First Aid
certification. Plenty of hands-on practice is blended in with the
following topics not covered in WFA:
- Dislocations
- Cardiothoracic Trauma: fractured ribs, flail chest, pneumothorax --
closed, tension, and open ("sucking chest wound")
- Abdominal trauma: blunt force, penetrating
- Injuries of Eyes/Ears/Nose/Teeth
- Hands-on use of a real litter basket, how to package and secure a patient
in it, and carrying technique
- Ditto the above for an improvised litter
- Drowning
- Seizures
- Altitude illnesses
- See more below
If/as time permits, some of the following additional topics will be added in:
- Abdominal pain (not trauma-caused)
- Angina Pectoris vs. Acute Myocardial Infarction ("heart attack")
- Diabetes
- Hyponatremia
- Strokes
- Reynaud's disease
- Trenchfoot
- Bivouac: principles in building an impromptu shelter, and skill
session in outdoor environment
When we offer this course at
Twin Mountain Off
Road Adventure, Old Fields, WV, students also will:
- Work on / extract patients from an actual
upside-down vehicle
- Work on / extract patients from an actual
crashed small airplane
- Nighttime team rescue scenario
- Enjoy free camping, and have the option to extend stay to
enjoy Twin Mountain Off Road Adventure's on-site
offerings, such as:
- Trail system for you to enjoy driving off road
- Course: Introduction to Off Road Vehicles and Driving
- Course: Basic Recovery
- Course: Advanced Trail Skills
Prerequisites:
- Must be a MEDIC alum
- Current Wilderness First Aid or higher certification
Certification &
Recertification
- Certification: Advanced Wilderness First Aid, 2 years, from
internationally-renowned
SOLO
-- the oldest continuously-operating school of wilderness medicine in
the world.
- To recertify, you can take this course again, or the
Wilderness First Aid course.
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pre-screening, temperature checking, strict 6'+ distancing & masks & goggles
throughout, and many more safety measures for zero exposure.
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Jan. 16-17, 2021:
Norfolk
area, VA
Jan. 23-24:
Farmville, VA
Jan. 30-31:
Harrisonburg / Staunton
area, VA
Feb. 20-21:
Richmond, VA
Wilmington
area,
NC
Feb. 27-28:
Norfolk
area, VA
Mar. 6 - 7:
Chattanooga
area, TN
Spring weekends t.b.d., tentative:
CO Springs,
CO
Denver, CO
Grand Junction,
CO
Greeley,
CO
Indianapolis, IN
Mar. 20-21:
Charlottesville,
VA
Mar. 27-28:
Norfolk
area, VA
Washington
DC area
Apr. 10-11:
Lexington, VA
PhiladelphiaPA area
Apr. 24-25:
Richmond,
VA
Triangle area
west, NC
May 8 - 9 or 15-16:
Charlottesville,
VA
May 15-16:
Norfolk
area, VA
May 22-23:
Triangle area,
NC
May 29-31 (3 days):
Mountains retreat above Blacksburg,
VA
June 5 - 6:
Washington
DC area
June 19-20:
Charlottesville,
VA
June 26-27:
Advanced WFA Pt II, Old Fields, WV
Sep. 4 - 6 (3 days):
Mountains retreat above Blacksburg,
VA
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