WILDERNESS FIRST AID - National certificate - Wilderness Medical Problems

Wilderness First Aid National-certificate course valid three years, covering outdoor-emergencies, Wilderness Medical Problems & first aid remote areas, Vital Signs, Basic Life Support, Incident management, Triage scenarios/priorities, unconscious casualty, Wounds & Blood Loss, jungle medicine, Shock, Casualty Handling/Packaging, Respiratory/Circulatory Systems, Wilderness Medical Problems. Wilderness Trauma, Temperature extremes, Bites/stings, Post traumatic stress, first aid in the wasteland, forest first aid, bush medicine, surviving trauma in the outback. Surviving wounds in the wild, sticks, jungle or hinterland

Natural Pathways Wilderness First Aid This course provides a National-certificate which is valid three years,it covers a wide number of subjects for outdoor-emergencies like Triage scenarios, Wounds & Blood Loss, Shock, Casualty Handling, Temperature extremes, Bites/stings and the unconscious casualty. We also provide other outdoor and wilderness oriented education in bushcraft/survival skills in the UK & abroad..... Our courses include YOUTH PROGRAMMES, TRACKING and Families Wilderness Adventures.

Wilderness First Aid

Nationally Recognised Certificate

2 Day Course

(Valid for three years)

This course gives plenty of opportunity for the outdoors person to prepare for an emergency first aid incident in remote areas.

What is different about this course compared to other courses?

This exhilarating course is run outside with plenty of practical hands-on experience and covers many subjects difficult to acquire in the classroom it comes with realism such as Triage scenarios.

This equates to a nationally recognised certificate and is valid for three years

Includes all materials and plenty of practical hands on experience

Course Content

Vital Signs
Basic Life Support
Anatomy and Physiology
Incident management and priorities at the scene of an accident
Treatment of the unconscious casualty
Shock, diagnosis and treatment
Wounds and Blood Loss
Casualty Handling and Packaging
Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
Wilderness Medical Problems
Wilderness Trauma
Disorders due to the effects of temperature extremes
Bites and stings
Post traumatic stress
Triage scenarios based away from venue
First aid kits and contents for the wilderness/remote environment

No Experience Necessary