San Francisco Paramedic Association
Class: Wilderness First Responder
| Description: Wilderness First Responder is an 80-hour professional-level course that trains you to understand and avoid wilderness hazards and cope with emergencies anywhere. We use vivid slides, interactive teaching methods, and realistic scenarios to bring the topics to life. You will learn how to assess injuries and medical or environmental problems, and do emergency care with both standard and improvised equipment. Skills practice is intensive. Our instructors work with you individually and in small groups to help you put your skills together and develop your leadership abilities.
Certifications (WFR) from the American Safety & Health Institute (www.ashinstitute.com/) are valid 3 years, and recognized throughout the United States as well as many other countries.
Continuing Education Credits are available at no extra cost - one unit for every hour of class attended.
CPR requirement: Participants must be certified in Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, also known as CPR for Professional Rescuers, before graduation from WFR. For those who are not currently certified, we recommend BLS-HCP at the San Francisco Paramedic Association. Schedule: This course is a total of 80 hours, with classes being held on Tuesday and Thursday, 7 pm - 10 pm January 3rd - March 6th, 2008br> Saturday, January 26th, February 9th, February 23rd, and March 8th, 2008
Location: Piedmont Adult School. Directions at www.wildernessemergencycare.com. If you have any questions regarding this course please contact Steve Donelan at donelan@mindspring.com and/or visit his website at www.wildernessemergencycare.com. The SFPA is doing registration only for this course. Register by fax print the class flier and fax Registration Form (pdf format). Cancellation Policy if you cancel or do not attend the session you registered, you forfeit the entire course fee. We do not give any refunds. Rescheduling Policy due to the nature of this class rescheduling is not available. Failure to appear in class or day of class notice - will result in forfeiture of your entire course fee. There are no refunds. |
| Category: Wilderness Medicine |
| Member Cost: $460.00 |
| Non-member Cost: $460.00 |
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