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Wilderness First Aid Course

What will I learn?

Get proper skills with our First Aid for Bush Places Course, made for health workers and other people who want to be good at giving emergency help far from town. You'll learn how to check people quickly, see what's wrong, and make sure everyone is safe. We'll teach you the best ways to give first aid in the bush, including how to help with pain, give water, and keep people strong with food. You'll get better at knowing what kind of injuries people have, giving them help straight away, and planning how to move them to a safe place if needed. Get good skills and be ready for anything that happens in the bush.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online courses available for life
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and arrange the chapters you want to study
Set your own course schedule
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet needed

Develop skills

Enhance the practical skills listed below

Learn to check people fast: See what injuries they have, if they are awake, and make sure it's safe.

Use the best ways to help: Do things that are known to work for first aid far from help.

Make people feel better: Help with pain, give them water, and keep them warm if they are cold.

Know injuries well: Tell the difference between a twisted ankle, a pulled muscle, and a broken bone.

Plan how to move people safely: Call for help, think about how to move them, and make sure nobody gets hurt.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before beginning, feel free to change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course focused on personal and professional development. It is not akin to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.