Wilderness First Responder (WFR)

Get SOLO Certification, Work in the Outdoors

SOLO Wilderness First Responder (WFR) courses are the recognized industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors and students in outdoor recreational programs. The 72-hour curriculum includes standards for urban and extended-care situations. SOLO Southeast is your WFR resource in western NC.

The WFR class offers a comprehensive and in-depth look at the standards and skills of addressing:

• Response and assessment
• Musculo-skeletal injuries
• Environmental emergencies
• Survival skills
• Soft tissue injuries
• Medical emergencies.

In SOLO Southeast's WFR Course, emphasis is placed on leadership, prevention and decision-making. This WFR is designed specifically to provide you with the tools to make critical medical and evacuation decisions in remote wilderness locations. Half of your time will be spent completing practical skills, case studies and simulated scenarios designed to test your decision-making abilities

CPR is included in this course.

SOLO Southeast students are extended a discount on NOC lodging and meals, September through May.

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Call the Guest Relations Office at 888-905-7238 for information regarding availability and options.

COURSE TOPICS

• Anatomy & Physiology (A & P) of Respiratory System and Cardiothoracic Region
• A & P of the Cardiovascular System
• A & P of the Central Nervous System
• A & P of the Gastrointestinal System and Genitourinary System
• A & P of the Integumentary System
• A & P of the Musculoskeletal System
• Abdominal Pain
• Abdominal Trauma
• Allergic Reactions
• Altitude-Related Injuries
• Automated External Defibrillation (AED)
• Bites & Stings: Animals & Plants
• Bivouac Skills
• Bloodborne Pathogens & Infectious Disease
• Body Systems: Anatomy & Physiology
• Burns
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Changes in Level of Consciousness
• Chest Pain
• Chest Trauma
• Cold-Related Injuries
• Common Expedition Problems
• CPR Considerations in the Remote Environment
• CPR Practical Exam
• Diabetic Emergencies
• Dislocations & Reduction Techniques
• Drowning-Related Injuries
• Environmental Emergencies
• Fractures & Splinting Techniques
• Group Preventative Medicine
• Head Trauma
• Heat-Related Injuries
• History Taking & SAMPLE
• Improvising Litters
• Leadership in a Backcountry
• Emergency Lifting & Moving Techniques
• Lightning-Related Injuries
• Long-Term Patient Care
• Long-Term Management of the Shock Victim
• Long-Term Wound Care
• Medical Emergencies
• Medical Emergencies and Patient Assessment
• Medicolegal Issues
• Mock Rescue
• Organizing the Rescue
• PAS in the Extreme Environment
• Patient Assessment System (PAS)
• Poisoning
• Primary Survey: "The First Five Minutes"
• Prudent Heart Living
• Role of the Wilderness First Responder
• Secondary Survey & Vital Signs
• Shock & Bleeding Control
• Shortness of Breath
• SOAPnote & Getting Help
• Soft Tissue Injuries & Bandaging Skills
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spinal Cord Injury Management
• Splinting Practice
• Sprains & Strains
• Techniques of CPR & CPR Skills
• The Anatomy of a Backcountry Crisis
• The Ten Essentials
• Use of Epinephrine
• Wilderness Stabilization & Bivouac
• Wilderness versus Urban First Responder
• Wilderness First Responder Practical Exam
• Wilderness First Responder Written Exam