WILDERNESS & REMOTE FIRST AID

The Red Cross WILDERNESS AND REMOTE FIRST AID course provides information and practice in extending lives hopefully until rescue is possible. Instructors are associated with Hanover CPR, LLC, North Codorus Township Fire Company, and America Safety CPR First Aid.

This program is designed to teach individuals how to deal with
emergency situations by using first aid skills in a delayed-help
environment. The program is based on the 2010 Boy Scouts of America
(BSA) Wilderness First Aid Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines and offers
enhanced content and topics to meet OSHA’s Best
Practices for Workplace First Aid Training Programs and has been updated
to reflect the latest emergency cardiovascular care science.

The Wilderness and Remote First Aid program is appropriate for
audiences from youth-serving organizations as well as adults who
participate in outdoor recreational activities or who work in wilderness
or remote settings where emergency medical services (EMS) response is
more than 1 hour away. The Wilderness and Remote First Aid program
emphasizes experiential learning and major portions of the course are
meant to be taught in outdoor settings. The program content has been
revised to encompass ECCU 2015 and current guidelines by the American Red Cross
Scientific Advisory Council. Features of the New Program The program
artwork including the skill sheet has been revised. Skill sheets now
match the content found within the First Aid/CPR/AED participant
materials.

Topics will span the following range of responses:

• Integration of emergency action principles in a wilderness setting
• Performing primary and secondary
• Head (brain), neck and spinal injuries
• Hypothermia
• Heat-related emergencies
• Altitude-related illnesses
• Allergies and anaphylaxis
• Wounds and wound infection
• Bone and joint injuries
• Burns Submersion incidents
• Bites and stings
• The recognition of an injury or illness
• Whether it is, or has the potential to become, life threatening
• Care for short term and long term
• How to move the affected person… stay, go, slow, fast
• Working as a team to provide care and response
• Develop skills needed to provide the care for a variety of situations

** Participants must be at least 14 years old and have a current CPR certification at the time of class.
*** This is a 16 hour course, so plan on being present for both days.  Details will be sent upon registration.