Overview The definitive wilderness course in medical training, leadership, and critical thinking for outdoor, low-resource, and remote professionals and leaders The Wilderness First Responder program is the ideal medical training for leaders in remote areas including outdoor educators, guides, military, professional search and rescue teams, researchers, and those involved in disaster relief. The curriculum is … Read more
Overview The definitive wilderness course in medical training, leadership, and critical thinking for outdoor, low-resource, and remote professionals and leaders. Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is the standard course in medical training for outdoor educators, guides, Search and Rescue (SAR) team members, and others who work or play in remote areas. The curriculum is comprehensive and … Read more
Overview The best and most comprehensive course of its kind to offer relevant and realistic first-aid training for seasonal outdoor activities or short term wilderness endeavors and pursuits. Wilderness First Aid is a two-day (16 hour; 20 hours in Canada) introduction to general medical concepts and basic life support skills. It is targeted to the … Read more
Overview The Wilderness Medicine Workshop is a customizable training, typically one day (eight hours) in length, that can cover any of a variety of wilderness medicine topics, based on client needs. Subjects can include a focus on specific activities or the local environmental context (e.g. SCUBA, tropical medicine, travel medicine, altitude, low-resource settings, marine envenomation, … Read more
Overview Wilderness medicine training designed for professionals working in significantly remote settings for days or weeks. Wilderness Advanced First Aid is comprehensive medical training designed for remote professionals or wilderness leaders who venture into remote and challenging environments. The course is an abridged, entry-level version of Viristar’s Wilderness First Responder training. Wilderness medicine differs … Read more
Overview The Wilderness Advanced Life Support (WALS) course is a 36-hour training designed to help advanced medical care practitioners effectively plan for, evaluate, and respond to medical situations in remote, austere, wilderness, low-resource and disaster settings. The class is typically held over four days, but a variety of schedule options are accommodated. The course is … Read more
Overview Upgrade a Wilderness Advanced First Aid certification to a full Wilderness First Responder Certification, without having to take a full WFR course The WAFA to WFR Bridge course upgrades the Wilderness Advanced First Aid to a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) in 36 hours over four days. This course must be taken within three years … Read more
Overview Recertification of WFR, WEMS/WEMT, WFA, WAFA. The definitive wilderness recertification course in medical training, leadership, and critical thinking for outdoor, low-resource, and remote professionals and leaders. The WFR Recertification course is open to graduates of any wilderness-based first aid training course that was at least 64 hours long and completed within 3 years of … Read more
Overview Viristar’s Wilderness EMS Upgrade course is a 45-hour course that provides wilderness medical care practices and protocols to trained emergency medical services providers. The course is designed for currently certified or licensed EMTs, Certified Emergency Paramedics (CEPs), Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) members, registered nurses (RNs), military medics, and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), as … Read more
