Wilderness Rescue Training

07/01/2020

AUGUST COURSE UPDATE:

With New York's North Country Region now in Phase IV of the state's re-opening plan, and with a 7-day rolling average of zero COVID cases per 100,000 people in Essex County, our August courses are on. (see: https://globalepidemics.org/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression/)

August 20-28 Wilderness First Responder: Just 4 spots remaining.

August 17-18 WFR Re-cert: Just 3 spots remaining.

Learn more, and enroll to reserve your place, here: https://www.wildernessrescuetraining.com/wfr

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06/28/2020

The North Country Region of New York has entered Phase IV of the state opening plan, and our August WFR and Re-cert at Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center are on!

To see how we'll manage the risk of spreading COVID-19 on these courses, check out this video.

https://youtu.be/LRuRwaAeOsE

Learn more at nols.edu

04/08/2020

MAY WFR & WFR RE-CERT RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19

In an effort to safeguard the health of our students and faculty, and to support global efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, today we made the difficult decision to suspend Wilderness Medicine programming through June 30. We relied heavily on international, federal, and state public health experts to inform our thinking and we remain in close contact with peer organizations and our educational partners.

In light of this, our May 18th-27th WFR and May 30-31 Hybrid WFR Re-cert at the Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center in Willsboro, NY have been rescheduled. The WFR Re-cert will now run August 17-18 and the WFR will run August 20-28. The rescheduled courses will grant the same certifications, and be held in the same location, for the same price.

IF YOU'RE ENROLLED ON THE WFR...
You should already have received an email from us with more information. If you haven't, please check your spam folder. If you can't locate your e-mail, please reach out to wildernessrescuetraining@gmail.com.

IF YOU WERE CONSIDERING TAKING THIS WFR...
The course is mostly full, but there are a few spaces left. You can enroll here: https://www.wildernessrescuetraining.com/store/wrt22

IF YOU'RE ENROLLED ON THE HWFR-R...
You should be hearing from NOLS shortly. You will have to request to have your enrollment transferred to the new dates, otherwise your tuition will be refunded.

IF YOU WERE CONSIDERING TAKING THIS HWFR-R...
You can still enroll at NOLS: https://www.nols.edu/portal/wmi/courses/16141/

02/04/2020

WFRs,

We have just THREE SPOTS LEFT on this course. Click through for more info, and to reserve your place:

https://www.wildernessrescuetraining.com/wfr-r

09/17/2019

WRT Call to Action!

As many of you know, and some of you have experienced, WRT runs some of our courses at the Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center, which is located on the shores of beautiful Long Pond.

There's a relatively new, super cool, hyper-local nonprofit that's working double time to conserve land in the Long Pond watershed so that the waters of Long Pond remain pristine for future PMOEC students, Pok-O-MacCready Summer Campers, and, of course, our WFR students. Take ten seconds to help the cause by helping build a social media following for Long Pond Conservancy on Instagram. Follow

Thanks!

05/26/2019

Original composition by Julia Cunfer, who earned her NOLS Wilderness First Responder Certification on a Wilderness Rescue Training Course in Washington Crossing, PA, May 2019.

05/23/2019

Friends of Wilderness Rescue Training,

We have just a few more spots left for our Adirondack Wilderness First Responder class, June 1-9. If you know of a group, a friend, or a family member who might like to take this class, will you share this post with them?

It is hard to depict a WFR in just a few words, but I will try. It is an incredible educational experience. You'll be taught by kind, funny, knowledgable and intentional educators. You'll learn how to deal with everything from a fishhook in the hand to an open femur fracture. You'll practice using realistic scenarios. It is hands-on learning, with tons of audience participation. The farthest thing from a Red Cross First Aid class that you can imagine.

And you'll be doing it while staying at a historic Adirondack summer camp on the shores of Long Pond, surrounded by forests and mountains and air that smells delicious. There will be family style meals and the other students will become life-long friends and adventure partners.

Thank you for sharing. The link to enroll is below:

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04/23/2019

Sometimes bad things happen. How prepared are you to deal with a life-threatening injury or illness on one of your upcoming summer adventures?

We’ve still got a few spaces left in each of our spring wilderness first responder classes. Join us in eastern Pennsylvania in May or in Adirondack Park in June for nine days of interactive, scenario-based first aid training by professional guides.

04/17/2019

What do you carry for "just in case"?
"Literally every single thing on that bag list has come in handy on a backcountry trip."

Pack one of these little bags and you'll be covered even when you forget the basics.