Wilderness First Aid

Name: Wilderness First Aid
Start: 2024-10-26T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-27T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Larrabee State Park

Schedule

Sat Oct 26 2024 at 09:00 am to Sun Oct 27 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Larrabee State Park | Bellingham, WA

Backcountry Medical Guides has tailored a program to the types of emergencies we would see in the backcountry.
We need at least 12 to make it go with a max of 24 participants. Select going or interested to be notified of updates. We'll get a payment option up ASAP. $315 per person. There's 4 hours of online work to complete prior to the in-person training.
2 days of in person training, location is Larrabee State Park in Bellinham or depending on weather it could be at South Whatcom Fire Station 18.
Curriculum & Objectives
• Manage risk through pre trip planning and preventative techniques:
Communications, first aid kits, sports nutrition and hydration, equipment
checklists, and trip itineraries.
• Assess and treat life threatening emergencies: Airway management, hemorrhage
control, CPR, shock, and stabilization.
• Practice common trauma techniques: Wound and fracture management, head
injuries, neck and spine injury, blunt trauma, burns, and dental and eye trauma.
• Develop important judgment skills for the assessment and evacuation of medical
and environmental emergencies in the backcountry: Heat and cold emergencies,
animal bites and stings, lightning and adverse weather, search and rescue basics,
cardiac and respiratory emergencies, diabetes, seizures, and anaphylaxis.

Location Larrabee State Park. South Whatcom Fire Station 18 is available as a backup indoor space depending on weather.

Online Content
This program contains an online portion which must be finished by each participant before the first in-person day. The online portion takes 4-6 hours to complete and can be done incrementally at the participant’s own pace.