ALLISTON LOCATION: LionsGuard, 41 Commerce Park Dr, Barrie, ON
DURATION:   80 hours

The Wilderness First Responder program is an immersive 80 hour program built for rescuers who specialize in decision making, extrication, and transport in remote and wilderness settings.  This program teaches you leadership skills, decision making in non-traditional environments, and the skills to respond and provide care in a remote setting.  Wilderness First Responders are trained to provide care overnight, and up to a few days, as well as evacuation.  

Content

• Planning
• Responding to the call
• Infection prevention and control
• Anatomy and physiology
• Scene assessment
• Primary assessment
• Secondary assessment
• Ongoing Assessment
• Airway management and respiratory emergencies
• Circulatory emergencies
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Shock
• Hemorrhage and Soft Tissue Trauma
• Musculoskeletal Injuries
• Chest, Abdominal, and Pelvic Injuries
• Head and Spinal Injuries
• Acute and Chronic Illnesses
• Poisoning
• Wildlife
• Environmental illnesses
• Pregnancy, Labour, and Delivery
• Special populations
• Mental and emotional health and wellness
• Reaching, lifting, and extricating patients
• Extended care
• Transportation
• Arranging transfer
• Multiple-casualty incidents
• Pharmacology
• Workplace considerations
• Occupational health and safety
• Practice and scenarios

Have you completed a Get Outdoors certified course? Are you worried your skills may fade? Want to have fun as an instructor assistant in scenarios? Want to volunteer with Get Outdoors? Ask the staff how we can help you with your goals.