But they do give you a card.
), but didn't do the recerts. I thought it was useful, and used some of techniques I learned (spinal immobilization and level of consciousness assessment) as recently as this past year. Unless you need the certification, you could just get a WFR manual and practice with some friends. A lot of the class was just hands-on repetition. The key is having those methods be second nature and maintaining a cool head if something does happen.
Wemt is not a state recognized program. It is a piece of paper from someone. Be farther ahead getting a state emt cert.
), which is a lot of fun as well as an excellent refresher. I do it through NOLS (and Canyonlands Field Institute), though my very first full-length course was through Wilderness Medicine of Utah, held up at the U and mostly taught by medical students. (Some of which were great, some of whom had zero idea of what they were talking about compared to all the course attendees. That was right when they were first starting up WMU, so hopefully they’ve improved by now.) That course was also 10 days long and exhausting. But I had to do it for my job at the time. About 8 (?) years ago, I switched to recert-ing through NOLS because one of my besties had been doing it through them in Moab every year, and she convinced me they were a much more stellar program. I totally agree with that. NOLS is on it, and they have the most experienced, kickass instructors I've ever had. Some of them are hilarious too, which is always a bonus during a refresher. The NOLS WFR refresher is 3 days. I believe for WFA there is no refresher, you just have to retake the actual course. But it's fairly short.Don't like ads? Become a BCP Supporting Member and kiss them all goodbye. Click here for more info.
