Offering Quality first-aid training and supplies

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First-aid course

Try our fun, hands on realistic first-aid training in a no pressure learning environment

Wilderness First Responder

What happens if help is more than 5 days away? Wilderness and remote environments require specialized skills, equipment and training. Whether you are an outdoor recreation enthusiast, live or work in a wilderness or remote setting, or work as a professional rescuer, the Red Cross Wilderness & Remote First Aid Program has something to meet your needs.

Wilderness First Responder is an 80-hour course suitable for rescuers who specialize in decision-making, evacuation, and transport in a remote or wilderness setting. Suitable for those who work in remote emergency services, remote worksites, ski patrol, search and rescue, etc. You will learn skills and strategies for urgent evacuation and, at times, extended care (5+ days).

Key Learning Concepts:

•	Leadership skills
•	Expectation to provide care
•	Use of professional tool kit and resources
•	Extrication and rescue decision-making

Part of the course is taught in an outdoor setting and requires greater physical activity and endurance than typical first aid training. Eighty percent of this course is taught outside.

It is important that students taking this course are prepared for being in the wilderness.

Course Content

•	Preparation and planning	•	Poisons
•	Wound care	•	Breathing and circulation emergencies
•	Your health	•	Medical emergencies
•	Cold- and heat-related emergencies	•	First aid for respiratory and cardiac arrest
•	What is the P.L.A.N.?	•	Head and spine injuries
•	Environmental situations	•	Environmental Emergencies
•	Airway emergencies	•	Poisons
•	Bone, muscle and joint injuries	•	Extended Care - monitoring the patient
•	Traction	•	Vitals
•	Long Term Care	•	Outdoor food safety

Course Certification

Red Cross certificates are now virtual! You will receive a temporary certificate at the end of your course, and your permanent certificate (valid for 3 years) will be emailed to you after the course has taken place.

Recertification

If you have a current certificate, you are eligible to take the shorter recertification course. You will need to show proof of current certification to your instructor in order to be certified.

Canadian Red Cross First Aid App

The official Canadian Red Cross First Aid app puts lifesaving advice in your hands. Available for Apple and Android mobile devices, the app helps you maintain your first aid skills and respond to everyday emergencies. By downloading the app on your smartphone or tablet, you get instant access to videos (like the one below), interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice to help you maintain your life-saving skills and respond when needed. It is even fully integrated with 911, so you can call EMS from the app at any time.

Full Course Length: 80 Hours
Recertification: 40 Hours

Click here to view the Advanced Wilderness First Aid course fact sheet
Click here to view the First Responder First Aid course fact sheet