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Course Catalog > Wilderness Courses
(CSCC) Wilderness and Remote First Aid [HSWFA101]
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Schedules & Pricing
Class Details
| | Course Number | HSWFA101 |
| | Course Fee | $160.00 |
| | Prerequisites | • Minimum age of 14
• Adult CPR/AED certification (Adult and Child CPR/AED recommended)
• Ability to learn and perform advanced first aid and other physically-demanding skills, such as evacuating an injured victim
NOTE: The Boys Scouts of America requires Wilderness and Remote First Aid certification for all of its high-adventure camps and other programs. |
| | Description | Wilderness and Remote First Aid teaches participants how to prevent, assess and treat medical and traumatic emergencies in remote environments or urban disasters where definitive care of a physician and/or rapid transport is not readily available. The course follows the Boy Scouts of America Wilderness First Aid Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines as well as requirements of other organizations such as Girl Scouts of the USA and the American Camp Association. It offers enhanced content and topics to meet OSHA’s Best Practices for Workplace First Aid Training Programs. It can be adapted to meet the needs of training for youth-oriented organizations, adult participants in outdoor recreational activities or remote locations, and employees working in wilderness and remote settings.
Major portions of Wilderness and Remote First Aid are designed to be taught outdoors. The course consists of the following lessons:
• Wilderness and Remote First Aid Kits
• Abdominal Illnesses
• Secondary (Focused) Assessment
• Hypothermia
• Calling for Help and Evacuation Considerations
• Heat-Related Illnesses
• Shock and Heart Attack
• Lightning
• Chest Injuries
• Altitude Illnesses
• Head (Brain), Neck and Spinal Injuries
• Submersion Incidents
• Wounds and Wound Infection
• Allergies and Anaphylaxis |
| | Length | 19 hours (over two days) including practice teaching assignments and breaks. |
| | Certifications Issued | Wilderness and Remote First Aid, valid for 2 years |
| | Additional Information | We recommend that you bring supplies that you would have on hand for either a day hike or a backpacking trip (or other setting that involves travelling to remote areas) to best replicate the equipment you may be required to use in an emergency. These supplies may include, but are not limited to:
• Day pack or backpack
• Tent and ground cloth/tarp
• Sleeping bag
• Foam sleeping pad
• Flashlight or headlamp
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• First aid kit
Your instructor may contact you to suggest other items.
Objectives
Participants in this course will learn to:
-Identify how to respond to delayed-help emergency situations
-Identify causes of injuries and how injuries can be prevented in wilderness areas
-Learn to manage emergency situations, including forming teams and assigning tasks
-Learn proper advance preparation for journeys into the wilderness
-Learn the Emergency Action Steps for First Aid Response, to be employed when EMS is not readily available
-Learn basic and more advanced first aid techniques to use when an injury occurs
-Learn how to respond to an emotionally upset victim
-Learn short distance transfer and evacuation techniques
-Experience providing wilderness first aid through the means of scenarios and simulated rescues
What Else?
*Camping orientation and survival technique topics are not covered in this course.
*CPR skills will NOT be taught or reviewed during the course.
*Many of the first aid techniques discussed in this course should be used only as a last resort and not in urban settings when EMS is available within minutes.
*Participants will receive the 128-page American Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid Emergency Reference Guide and the American Red Cross Wilderness and Remote First Aid Pocket Guide. |
| | Confirmation Details | To help ensure an enjoyable and successful experience:
• Dress comfortably and bring weather-appropriate outdoor clothing suitable for the current seasonal weather forecast; many skills are practiced outside on the ground.
• Please arrive on time; no admittance is permitted 15 minutes after the start of the class.
• A lunch break will be provided each day. You may need to bring a lunch, since restaurants may not be conveniently located to all remote class locations.
• Practice sessions can be physically demanding. If you have any questions about your ability to participate, consult with your health care provider prior to the course. If there are any special needs that the instructor should know about, please call (800) 337-2338. Please be aware you must be able to get on the floor/ground for many of the skills.
Course Certification
Payment of the course fee is not a guarantee of certification. To be eligible for course certification you must:
• Be present for the entire course.
• Successfully complete all required skills.
• Pass or fail is based on your ability to perform the required skills. There is no written exam unless required by an employer to meet OSHA or other regulatory requirements.
Please call Customer Service at (800) 337-2338 (312-729-6132 outside Illinois) with any questions. You will receive an email confirmation of your registration; if the email does not arrive within 24 hours, please contact Customer Service to confirm your registration. No person will be excluded from service or classes because of race, ethnic origin, religion, handicap, gender or sexual orientation. |
| | Refund Policy | Refunds will be issued under the following circumstances:
If you are unable to attend the course, a refund will be issued for cancellations made at least seven days prior to the start of the course, less a $25 administration fee for basic level classes and $50 fee for instructor level classes. If the class is less than $45, one half of the course fee will be charged as the administration fee. Cancellations received less than seven days prior to the start of the course will result in loss of the entire registration fee. You may register for another class up to one year from the original date of payment.
The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago reserves the right to cancel classes due to insufficient enrollment. In the unlikely event that your course is canceled we will make every attempt to contact you. In addition, we suggest calling our 24 hour voicemail hotline number, (312) 729-6189, to receive information on any courses that may have been canceled. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept cancellations via the internet at this time. Please call Customer Service to cancel your enrollment or transfer to another course. Enrollees in these courses will be given the option to reschedule or receive a full refund.
Participants who do not successfully complete the required skills may register for the same class at a later date (but no later than six months), applying 50% of the fee for this course.
Students who do not attend class and have not canceled their registration are not eligible for a refund. |
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