Leaders Wilderness First Aid Course (LWFA)

This 6 day (60+ hour) course is designed to provide specialist First Aid Training for use in Wilderness and Remote locations around East Africa where you are greater than 2 hours away from medical assistance. Leaders Wilderness First Aid is a must for anyone who works, plays or is responsible for others in the outdoors or remote locations.

Who For:

This course is ideally suited to Safari Guides, Lodge Managers, Adventure Outdoor Leaders and Instructors, Naturalists, Teachers, Park Rangers and NGO/Aid Field Staff.

Prerequisites:

To undertake this course, participants should have ideally done our Remote Area First Aid course or an urban first aid certificate. For Example: St John's Senior First Aid, Level 1 or 2 Occupational, Health & Safety, AAR or Red Cross First Aid with a current CPR certificate and be aged 18 years or older.

Course Cost: $290 per person (24000/-). 15% discount for payment in cash.

Course Content:

Course Outline Roles & Responsibilities
o Legal Issues in First Aid for the Leader
o Course Orientation
o Medical Forms

A. Steps in Accident Management
o Step 1: Take Charge (Self/group)
o Step 2: Safe Approach
o Step 3: Primary Survey (Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Deadly Bleeding)
o Step 4: Shock
o Step 5: Secondary Survey
o Step 6: Planning
o Step 7: Treatment/ Evacuation/ Referral
o Simulations and Practicals

B. Life Threatening Conditions
o Blocked Airway
o Anaphylaxis
o Chest Injuries
o Heart Conditions
o Triage
o Deadly Bleeding
o Simulations and Practicals

C. Trauma Conditions/ Management
o Fractures & Splinting
o Limb Splinting
o Drowning
o Head, Spinal Injuries & Pelvic Injury
o Dislocations
o Ankle Sprains
o Small Wound Management
o Tropical Wound Management
o Burns & Blisters
o Abdominal Injuries
o Anatomy & Physiology
o Planning & Principles of Evacuation
o Simulations and Practicals

D. Environmental Conditions/ Management
o Hypothermia
o Hyperthermia
o Poisons, Bites & Stings
o Altitude Sickness
o Simulations and Practicals

E. Medical Conditions/ Management
o Diabetes
o Tropical Diseases
o Asthma
o Epilepsy/ Stroke
o First Aid Kits
o Simulations and Practicals

Course Structure:
This course is generally delivered in a 6 day format. It is an intensive course where we work all 6 days plus three of the nights. There is assessment on day 5 and 6 of the course which consists of a written examination, two practical simulations and a CPR/EAR assessment.