Wilderness First Aid: Managing Remote Area Medical Issues

Running Head: WILDERNESS FIRST AID RETENTION

Objective. – To examine the retention of Wilderness First Aid (WFA) knowledge, self-efficacy beliefs, and skill over time in a sample of WFA course participants. Methods. Seventy-two open enrollment (volunteer) WFA course participants were assessed at either 4, 8, or 12 months after training. Changes in WFA knowledge and self-efficacy were assessed by written instruments post course and at the ...

Minimum guidelines and scope of practice for wilderness first aid.

Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Scope of Practice Document v 12/17/12 pg 1 of 9 Introduction People who live, work, travel and recreate in the outdoors have specialized medical training needs not met by traditional first aid programs. They care for patients in remote locations, in challenging weather, with questionable communication and support, limited equipment and the need to make independent dec...

Teaching wilderness first aid in a remote First Nations community: the story of the Sachigo Lake Wilderness Emergency Response Education Initiative

OBJECTIVE To understand how community members of a remote First Nations community respond to an emergency first aid education programme. STUDY DESIGN A qualitative study involving focus groups and participant observation as part of a community-based participatory research project, which involved the development and implementation of a wilderness first aid course in collaboration with the comm...

Cyanoacrylate glues for wilderness and remote travel medical care.

Cyanoacrylate (CA) glues are commonly used in medical and household repairs. Their chemical compositions have been refined over half a century, making some more suitable than others for creative applications. In remote settings where advanced medical care is not accessible, readily available CAs of differing chemical composition may possess an important therapeutic function. Within this paper w...

The Medical Profession and First Aid