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Room and board included in course fee.

Tuition is $830 with lunch and $1100 with all meals and lodging.

Enrollment is cut off 3 weeks prior to start of course due to pre-course work requirement.

Enrollment is cut off 3 weeks prior to start of course due to pre-course work requirement.

Classes held in the Rivercrest Lodge, a custom residential lodge perched on the Merced River. This is a perfect wilderness setting for outdoor sessions, hands-on learning and recreational evenings in paradise.

-space limited

Wilderness First Responder is the gold standard for pre-hospital wilderness medical training. An engaging, interactive, course.

Subjects in this will include:
* The general principles of wilderness and rescue medicine with an emphasis on identifying medical emergencies, critical thinking, and risk management.

* Patient assessment and emergency care including CPR and AED use, basic life support skills, the patient assessment system, patient reporting, and calling for help.

* Environmental medicine including illness and injuries related to altitude, temperature, lightning, submersion, and environmental toxins.

* Backcountry medicine including the assessment and treatment of common medical problems.

* Treatment of injuries from traumatic mechanisms and the treatment of musculoskeletal problems such as overuse syndromes and dislocations.

* Non-technical lifting, moving, and extrication of patients with an emphasis on spinal motion restriction when applicable.

* Practical Skills including bleeding control, wound management, bandaging, splinting, spine stable patient packaging, hypothermia management, medical kit preparation.

* WMA International wilderness protocols including treatment of anaphylaxis, wound management, CPR in a remote setting, spine injury assessment, reduction of simple dislocations, and treatment for severe asthma.

food and lodging included