Wilderness First Aid (WFA)

Class will be on-line only, with the Base Medical Instructor led session 8 to 5 on Saturday Oct 28th.  You will need a camera system (ex: the camera system on your laptop), and a volunteer “patient” to demonstrate your skills on. The best patient would be another student participating in the class, so that you could demonstrate on each other. If enough people are interested, we could access a classroom at Griffin Fire District for this day, but you would need to verify Hot Spot internet access from your phone.  This class will work as a recertification WFA class. Access available for both recertifying students and for Olympia Leaders with two or more trips led in the last 12 months. See Leader notes. There will be no refunds available for any students dropping the class after the issuance of the access codes for the remote study.  All remote study must be completed before you will be allowed to join the class on Saturday Oct 28th.

LEADER NOTES:Normal charge for the class is $190, with the class discounted down to $140 for Mountaineer member students who are re-certifying (must have taken WFA within 2-1/2 years of the registration date).  You will be paying Base Medical directly.  Olympia trip leaders with 2 or more trip leads in the last 12 months  allowed to take the class No Charge (re-certifying or new).  Please contact course Leader for discount codes.  Once permission is granted to take the class, you will receive access codes to your 8 hours of study material.  At the Saturday on-line practicum session you will have to have finished your self-study, you will need a practice partner upon which to demonstrate your skills, and have access to your suggested 1st aid supplies.  A final on-line test will need to be completed with 80% proficiency to receive your WFA card.  It is recommended to update your CPR card (with rescue breaths) annually.