Taking a Wilderness Medical course is highly recommended as you work your way through the Paddle Canada curriculum. It is also just a great skill set to have when traveling into the wilderness in case, in the case of an accident, you need to take care of each other until further help can arrive.
Wilderness First Responder (WFR): To achieve the full 8-day WFR in one season, you will take the WAFA followed by the WFR bridge course. Choose this course if that is your intent.
What You Will Learn
- The General Principles of Wilderness and Rescue Medicine with an emphasis on the prevention and identification of medical emergencies, appropriate technology, and risk management.
- Patient assessment and emergency care including CPR, basic Life support, and the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis and asthma.
- Environmental Medicine including altitude illness, hypothermia and heat illness, frostbite and cold injury, lightning, submersion, and environmental toxins.
- Backcountry Medicine including the assessment and treatment of common medical problems.
- Musculoskeletal Problems including unstable and stable injuries overuse syndromes, and dislocations.
- Wound management including open fractures, lacerations, burns and blisters.
- Practical skills including splinting, bandaging, litter packaging and medical kit preparation.
- WMA International Wilderness Protocols including wound cleaning and exploration, spine injury assessment, dislocation reduction, CPR in the remote setting, and anaphylaxis and asthma.
Course Prerequisites
Please contact us with any question related to these trip prerequisites.
- Wilderness Advanced First Aid
What's Included
Don’t worry, we’ve got this covered.
Included
- 8-Days of Medical training
- Course Materials
What's Not Included
- Accommodation on site (Can be added for the course at checkout for $150)
What You Should Bring
A detailed gear list is sent before the start of the trip but this can get you started.
- Warm clothing for outdoor exercises
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Course Location
Ontario Sea Kayak Centre
Parry Sound, Ontario
We will start the course at our base here in Parry Sound.
6 Harmony Lane
Parry Sound, ON
Ontario Sea Kayak Centre
Parry Sound, Ontario
We will start the course at our base here in Parry Sound.
Get Driving DirectionsYour Level one course was amazing. The demonstrations were clear and concise. Your feedback or coaching was very helpful. You both answered my many questions with clarity and patience.
International Visitors
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