Wilderness Medicine (Outdoor Ed) - Fall 2024

PE 1625 - Wilderness First Aid

This course focuses on essentials first with an emphasis on backcountry and wilderness issues. Includes a certificate of completion in Wilderness First Aid, as well as American Red Cross Certification in Standard First Aid and CPR. Patient assessment, body systems, equipment improvisation, trauma care, environmental medicine, toxins, backcountry medicine, and wilderness rescue are all covered. Designed for those who travel in small parties in the backcountry and who wish to be self-sufficient and well prepared, but equally useful for handling everyday medical emergencies.

PE 1626 - Wilderness First Responder

This course provides the prerequisite training and certification necessary for employment as a professional outdoor instructor at nationally recognized programs such as NOLS and Outward Bound. The curriculum goes beyond the basics needed for first aid certification to emphasize the skills and knowledge needed in backcountry rescue situations when extended care may be needed.

PE 1627 - Wilderness First Responder Recertification

This 3-day (24 hour) course is a re-certification course open to graduates of ALL wilderness medical training courses of 64 hours or longer with a current certification, who are also Cornell faculty, staff, students, or their immediate family members. Upon successful completion of this course you will receive certificates of course completion in WFR, Anaphylaxis and BLS-level CPR certifications. Completion of pre-course study packet is required for all participants.