What you'll learn

  • Medicine

    Learn how to treat common medical conditions and life threatening medical, trauma and environmental emergencies.

  • Rescue

    Learn how to safely evacuate patients out of remote environments using limited equipment and supplies.

  • Leadership

    Gain the confidence and competence to be a wilderness rescuer through extensive scenario based instruction in the accompanied 5 day field session.

Course curriculum

  • 1
    Chapter 1: Introduction to WFR & WFR Refresher Courses
  • 2
    Chapter 2: Introduction to Wilderness Medicine
  • 3
    Chapter 3: Critical Body Systems Overview
  • 4
    Chapter 4: Basic Life Support Skills
  • 5
    Chapter 5: Patient Assessment
  • 6
    Chapter 6: Traumatic Injuries
  • 7
    Chapter 7: Medical Emergencies
  • 8
    Chapter 8: Environmental Emergencies
  • 9
    Chapter 9: Wilderness First Aid Kits & Pharmacology
  • 10
    Chapter 10: SAR & Wilderness Evacuation Techniques
  • 11
    Chapter 11: Anatomy Diagrams
  • 12
    Chapter 12: Additional Resources: (no need to memorize, no testing on these)
  • 13
    Chapter 13: Abbreviations
  • 14
    Chapter 14: References and Picture Credits
  • 15
    Chapter 15: Glossary
  • Preface Warning! Course Introduction FREE PREVIEW How to use The Wild Guide Thinkific E-Manual for all courses WFR 5 day Field Itinerary for Initial WFR training WFR Refresher: Itinerary and hybrid pre-course requirements
  • WEMS Introduction, Medic/legal & Wilderness Protocols Resource: Colorado Good Samaritan Law Colorado Epi-Pen Rules and regulations Resource: Colorado Good Samaritan Law for administration of Epinephrine Good Samaritan Epinephrine Case Scenario Mission Optimization for High Stakes Teams Ideal Treatment vs. Real Treatment in Wilderness Medicine
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Wilderness First Responders Respiratory System Overview: Anatomy & Physiology Cardiovascular System A & P Central and Peripheral Nervous System Overview A & P Quiz Skeleton Review
  • Shock FREE PREVIEW CPR Overview FREE PREVIEW CPR Critical Airway Skills Video Clip FREE PREVIEW CPR in wilderness or remote environments Airway Management Details Wilderness Oxygen Administration Basic Life Support Quiz
  • Taylor Tip! Patient Assessment: What's really important! Patient Assessment Primary Assessment Video FREE PREVIEW Pediatric Assessment Patient Assessment Quiz Communication & Documentation SOAP NOTE Scenario: Backpacking in Utah Soap Note Scenario: Rafting the Gauley Patient Assessment Scenario: Lightning Strike! Patient Assessment Flashcards
  • Introduction to wilderness trauma Taylor Tip: Shock, what really matters! Abdominal Injuries Athletic Injuries: Sprains & Strains Bleeding Management Burns Case Scenario: Field Burn Chest Injuries Chest & Abdominal Quiz Impaled Objects Orthopedic Management & Treatment Overview FREE PREVIEW Orthopedic Injuries: Fractures & Dislocations Splinting Orthopedic, Athletic Injury & Splinting Quiz Pelvic Injuries Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) TBI & SCI Quiz Wilderness Wound Management: Prolonged Wound Care wilderness wound management quiz Case Scenario: Wilderness Wounds
  • Acute Abdominal Pain Acute Abdominal Pain Quiz Altered Mental Status Anaphylaxis Case Scenario: Bee Sting Allergies & Anaphylaxis Quiz Taylor Tip: Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Administration Aortic aneurysms and dissections Asthma Cardiac Emergencies FREE PREVIEW Taylor Tip: Heart attacks and aspirin Cardiac quiz FREE PREVIEW Diabetes Gender Specific Medical Emergencies Pulmonary Edema Pulmonary Embolism & Deep Veinous Thrombosis Respiratory Illnesses: Colds, Flu, & COVID Respiratory Emergencies Quiz Seizures Strokes American Stroke Association Infograms Altered Mental Status, Strokes & Seizures Quiz
  • Altitude Emergencies Altitude quiz Animal Bites & Stings Avalanche Medicine Case Scenario: Avalanche! Dehydration Diving Emergencies Drowning Frostbite Case Study: Frostbite Scenario Heat Emergencies Heat Emergencies Quiz Hypothermia Cold emergencies quiz Lightning Emergencies FREE PREVIEW Lightning Quiz Travel Medicine: Common causes of Nausea/Vomiting/Diarrhea bites and stings quiz Case Scenario: Snakebite! Case Scenario: Sick Camper Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease Marine Bites and Stings Expedition & Travel Medicine SOAP NOTE SCENARIO: Snowmobiling Leadville, CO Case Study: GI Upset in Mexico Water Purification
  • First Aid Kits Wilderness Pharmacology Taylor Tip: Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis FREE PREVIEW
  • Search and Rescue Fundamentals Wilderness Evacuation Guidelines Patient Packaging
  • Anatomy Diagrams National Estimates of Outdoor Recreational Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments, United States, 2004–2005 FREE PREVIEW
  • ParkmedicProtocol Denver Metro protocols Epidemiology in Wilderness Medicine A Review of Emergency Medical Services Events in US National Parks From 2007 to 2011
  • Abbreviations
  • References, Citations & Credit Photos
  • Chapter 15: Glossary

Pricing options

Included with the course cost is 2 year access to the online Wilderness First Responder E-Manual and a 200 page, color Wilderness Rescue Medicine Field Guide that is handed out the first day of class.