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Join us at this spectacular venue in the Clearwaters and recert your WFR or WEMS. Lodging and camping are available.

This course is limited to 15 participants. Enrollment Deadline = May 5, 2025

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.

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Room and board included in course fee.

This course has limited availability. Lodging and all meals available on site for an additional $100.

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

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.

Come train with a group of leaders who spend weeks to months on trail adventuring and leading others into the wild and safely home again! Food and lodging options are available. Hosted at our sister camp in Eveleth, MN