American Red Cross: Wilderness & Remote First Aid

The American Red Cross Wilderness & Remote First Aid (WRFA) program is an outdoor oriented first aid training program. This is a minimum 16-hour first aid course for backcountry situations when EMS is not readily available.

The "Wilderness & Remote First Aid" program is designed especially for High Adventure Back Country or When Help is Delayed situations. Typical students include Venturing Crews, Venture Patrols and older Scouts as well as Scouters supporting an advanced outdoor "high adventure" program. All outdoors enthusiasts are welcome.

Those who successfully complete this class will receive a "Wilderness & Remote First Aid" certification. The course has two prerequisites; Students must be 14 years of age or older and must hold a current CPR Certification. Also, it is highly recommended that you are current in American Red Cross First Aid.

The course will be offered at Winter Camp and sign up will be available on CampMaster.

Click on the following link for additional opportunities for the course.

http://www.t1000.org/wrfa.php