First Aid Training

With 19 years as a Search and Rescue Technician, yes Dave MacDonald has experience with Wilderness First Aid. With assistance from other instructors, Dave provides real-world scenarios to develop your First Aid skills, not in the classroom, but in the bush where life gets tough. From kissing a boo-boo to overnight critical patient care and evacuation, First Aid is an important skill to have.

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Canadian Red Cross Courses

Standard First Aid & CPR C
Fulfills Workplace First Aid requirements.

Prerequisites: nil

Duration: 2 days

Maximum Instructor to Participant Ratio: 1:12

Cost : $250 per person + tax

Remote First Aid
20 hours
Suitable for individuals who live or work in non-urban, remote or wilderness workplaces or communities.

Prerequisites: nil

Duration: 2 days

Maximum Instructor to Participant Ratio: 1:12

Cost : $350 per person + tax

Wilderness First Aid
40 hours
Suitable for those who wish to become professional guides, parks officials and/or work in fields such as recreation and ecotourism.

Prerequisites: nil

Duration: 4 days

Maximum Instructor to Participant Ratio: 1:12

Cost : $600 per person + tax

ICSOS - Wilderness First Aid Techniques

Wilderness First Aid Techniques is a course for those who work, explore, or play in isolated or wilderness settings.

This course helps you to asses your risks, handle injury. We provide you with usable field techniques. We also includes an extended patient care scenario for realism and add additional emphasis on casualty extrication methods.

Syllabus (includes but not limited to)

Systems-based Critical Thinking
Infection Control
Patient Assessment System
Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
Spine Management
Musculoskeletal Injuries
Thermoregulation
Bites and Stings
Lightning
Wounds and Burns
Backcountry techniques
Lifts, Moves, and Extrications

Prerequisites:

Standard First Aid & CPR

Duration: 2 full day

Maximum Instructor to Participant Ratio: 1:12 (we aim for 1:8)

Cost: $400+ tax