Wilderness First Aid Certification Course

Accidents happen. People get hurt, sick, or lost. The temperature drops, the wind picks up, and it starts to rain. Would you know what to do? Many backcountry emergencies are preventable, and even when bad things happen, sometimes the wrong care can make things worse. By learning a few basic skills, you can make the difference between a good outcome and a bad one and maybe even save a life.

West Point Family and MWR – Outdoor Recreation has partnered with SOLO Wilderness Medicine to offer a Wilderness First Aid  (WFA)  certification course. WFA creates a solid foundation in the basics of backcountry medical care. Started by SOLO as the “Mountain/Woods First Aid” course in 1975, and continually updated and improved since that time, this was the first course of its kind in the United States, and it is the curriculum upon which all other backcountry medicine courses are based. SOLO is the most respected and experienced wilderness medical school in the world with the highest instructor qualifications of any other course provider.

This WFA course is 16 hours long, and is  taught over the span of two days. It focuses on improving the basic skills of: Response and Assessment, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Environmental Emerg-encies, Survival Skills, Soft Tissue Injuries, and Medical Emergencies - see course outline, on front right flap.

Learn more with our brochure of the course. Wilderness First Aid