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  • Blog Post: Wilderness First Aid Retention Study

    Wilderness First Aid (WFA) courses are taught by multiple individuals and programs. They have become a standard for people working and recreating in the outdoors. Are they effective? Can the participants remember the information? Can they perform the skills? To investigate these questions NOLS Wilderness...
    onSun, Sep 9 2012

  • Blog Post: Building a Wilderness First Aid Kit

    Re-posted with permission from Wilderness Medical Associates International. Walking through the first aid aisle at your local outfitter store can be overwhelming. While there are many excellent prepared kits on the market, often enthusiasts choose to create and specialize their own. Your kit will be...
    onMon, Jul 23 2012

  • Blog Post: When to Use Tourniquets

    Re-posted with permission from Wilderness Medical Associates International. I am not sure that there is a consensus about their use but here is my opinion about tourniquets in remote and hostile environments. In brief: 1. Learn how to use one and practice with it. 2. Apply to stop bleeding not controlled...
    onThu, Jul 19 2012

  • Blog Post: Lightning Safety Awareness

    by Paul Auerbach This post relates information learned in a recent issue (Volume 22, Number 3, 2011) of the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine , published by the Wilderness Medical Society. In an article entitled “Lightning Safety Awareness of Visitors in Three California National...
    onWed, Jan 25 2012

  • Blog Post: Wilderness First Aid Scope of Practice Update

    Folks This is an update on the wilderness first aid scope of practice process and documents. Our group of colleagues have been working steadily on these documents.We have circulated several drafts of the Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Scope of Practice document, considered the feedback we have received and...
    onFri, Mar 12 2010

  • Forum Post: Defining Standards for Wilderness First Aid

    The concept of consistency in the content of Wilderness First Aid (WFA) and Wilderness First Responder (WFR) programs is receiving much attention. Tod Schimelpfenig from the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS and Dr. David Johnson of Wilderness Medical Associates have been talking for several years...
    onWed, Nov 4 2009
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