Purpose
To provide individuals a foundation of first aid principles and skills to be able to respond to emergencies and give care in areas that do not have immediate emergency medical services (EMS) response. This includes wilderness and remote environments, including urban disasters, such as earthquakes and hurricanes.

Prerequisites
Possess current adult CPR/AED certification
Be at least 14 years of age on or before the last scheduled session of the course
 

• Learning Objectives
• Define wilderness first aid
• Describe the difference between wilderness first aid and standard first aid
• Describe the importance of immediately establishing control of the scene and starting the primary assessment
• Discuss the importance of doing a secondary assessment
• Discuss calling for help from a delayed-help perspective and evacuation considerations
• Demonstrate a field assessment for injuries to the head
• Define types of abdominal pain and discomfort including gastroenteritis (stomachache) and diarrhea
• Describe the basics of an allergic response and its treatment and prevention
• Define altitude illnesses including acute mountain sickness (AMS), high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)
• Define types of burn injuries
• Demonstrate a field assessment of a person with a chest injury
• Describe the contents of an adequate wilderness and remote first aid kit, and its uses
• Define the different types of heat-related illnesses
• Describe the mechanisms of heat loss versus heat gain
• Demonstrate a field assessment for injuries to bones and joints
• Define shock and discuss the stages of shock
• Define heart attack
• Define serious bleeding and demonstrate control of bleeding
• Describe briefly the general sequence of events during a submersion (drowning) incident
• Describe how lightning can cause injury and/or death

 
Length
Approximately 16 hours
Instructor
Currently authorized Wilderness and Remote First Aid instructor
 
Course: Wilderness
Adult CPR/AED Certification
 
Date: Wednesday February 1st
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Cost: $19.00 (Cost of Certificate)
Location: 10409 Burnet Rd. Austin
(Constable’s Office)
 
Wilderness and Remote First Aid
 
Date: Saturday February 4th
Time: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Location: 10409 Burnet Rd. Austin
(Constable’s Office)
 
Date: Sunday February 5th
Time: 8:00am to noon
Location: 10409 Burnet Rd. Austin
(Constable’s Office)
 
Time: 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Northeast Metro Park Pflugerville
 
Cost: $50.00 (Cost of materials and Certificate)