Very complete. Practical, with real world scenarios

This course was so helpful to me as I prepare to lead a trip in a few short weeks! I have been nervous about entering into an unfamiliar environment, and this course helped to ease my nerves in educating me on both environmental and wildlife factors of the area! I feel much more equipped to lead a trip in this region now!

The class was very detailed and informative. The scenarios where realistic and challenging. I feel better prepared to deal with medical and environmental challenges I may encounter in the wilderness.

Stephen Lessard

I thought the course layout was logical, practical and well organized regarding subject sequentialization. Subject matter was nicely suited to my location and relevant.

Excellent course, with clear explanations and helpful scenarios. I particularly like getting the recording because I can pause it to take notes or think about what was said, or I can go over a particular point if I need to.

This class is fantastic ... I am 100% sure that I got way more from it than if I had to do 16 hours at a location. I took the course several times and kept going back and forth. I also participated on the online live trainings and challenges. I am an active member of a Search and Rescue team in Southern Arizona and I am going to ensure that every team member takes this course. Love it!

This has been an extremely rewarding class. I have learned more in this course than I have in previous WFA courses run by the Red Cross. What made this better for me is the ability to review the material until I could learn it. Having to do the hands-on Assessment recordings and skills photographs really ingrained a muscle/mental memory that cannot be duplicated in an in-person class. There is not enough time during the in-person classes for everyone to have the hands-on experience. The Webinar Challenges were a great plus to make me think about the situations. Thank you so much for making this course available to me.

This was so informative and very helpful! I feel like I am more prepared should anything go wrong during my time in the wilderness. Thank you!

i really enjoyed this course! I hope to never need to use many of the things I have learned, but i feel much better prepared to go off grid in the rocky mountain west now.

I'm thankful to have these regional first aid courses! They're super useful in a country like the US!

Eric smith

This is a really great course. The videos and practical knowledge test really made you think about the different scenarios in health and medical emergencies that may arise at any given time I would recommend this course to anyone that is doing any kind of outdoor activities to help them better prepare for medical emergencies…

Morgan Fiorino

I really loved the comprehension questions that put us in very specific scenarios. It was great that you covered such a diverse array of situations ranging from animals to fires. Thank you for the information and learnings! I feel even more prepared for my next adventure!

Thank you!! This course is flexible, interactive, and affordable. The information was easy to follow and the instructions were clear. The feedback is helpful. I have already recommended the course to a coworker that needs to be certified.

Great course, thanks! Appreciate the additional information beyond the Wilderness Cert course that is specific to my region.

I appreciate the information in this course that was presented above and beyond the regular Wilderness Medicine Certification. I hope to be able to take all the regional first aid courses now! Thanks for a great learning experience!

I would absolutely recommend this to anyone I know!!! Very in-depth and informative!

Mark Velicer

Great overview, I'm familiar with all the states, and thought I was completely up to speed but definitely learned a bunch of new things. Thank you for broadening my perspective. I've had mountain goats unabashedly come right in front of me while doing #1 in the Enchantments in WA state! They weren't aggressive but it's good to know they can be. Suggest adding a section on how varied the climates can be within even one state in the Pacific / west coast area. Friends I've backpacked with have learned the hard way that it on the one hand it can be non-stop rain in the coastal ranges - meaning hypothermia is a huge risk, but then only 2-3 hours away on the east slope of the mountains, in the "high desert" climate in WA and OR and CA, the more extreme temperatures in both directions, and arid climate are the primary concerns. Not to mention the flora and fauna completely change when one moves from west slope to east slope, so the varieties of poisonous plants and dangerous animals and snakes/reptiles change as well. What you pack, what you need to know, and how you respond can change dramatically if one just travels a couple hours west vs. east from Seattle, for example, or Portland, or Sacramento. Thanks for a great course! Mark V

This course went really well, and was very informative regarding areas I have never visited.

Casey McKown

GREAT COURSE! This is my third time to take Wilderness First Aid training. The training by Survival Med Online was thorough and provided realistic scenarios to work through. I highly recommend this course for those needing Wilderness First Aid training.

the course went well, I like that there is a specific section for the region you plan to be in the most. I think that the way it was presented was engaging and clear.

This course was so helpful to better prepare me for outdoor adventures with my own family and others. I feel much more prepared to help in an emergency. The go-at-your-own pace is perfect for a busy lifestyle. I also had my entire staff take this course for our outdoor education programming.

I really appreciated the real-life scenarios. I have taken an in-person Wilderness Medicine class in the past, and this information built on that knowledge. I recommend your program to anyone who is interested in being prepared with the knowledge and skill to respond appropriately in the back country

I really enjoyed this class a lot. I feel like I learned a lot and was able to effectively demonstrate what I learned while getting constructive feedback. I honestly don't have anything bad to say!

I enjoyed this class! I really appreciated being able to take it at my own pace. I've taken Wilderness First Aid before, so this was a re-certification, but I feel like I was able to retain much more information and, because the course was not catered to my job (I work as a wrangler on a guest ranch in Montana) I learned about a lot more topics! Really helpful.

Very educational for most wilderness emergency scenarios with region specific possibilities. I coupled the course with a local cpr/first aid class and I feel confident and prepared in the unlikely unfortunate encounter

This course was very well-done for an online self-led course. The practice and exam questions were well thought out and challenging relative to most online courses. I have been working in remote outdoor places for many years now and finally feel prepared to deal with a variety of emergencies.

Excellent course. I travel/live in an RV and volunteer at national and state parks. I would like to take more area specific selections. I just finished the Mountain West which was included in my packet, can I also take one that includes California? I am scheduled to be on a PSAR Mountain Bike team beginning November 1, 2023 for 3 months and learning more about local animals/dangers would be great. Thank you so much for offering this course at such a reasonable price. It has provided amazing information and I am sharing with all my friends.

I am a tactical medic/EMS instructor. I am very pleased on how this course was built and presented.

Really enjoyed the Wilderness First Aid + Outdoor Safety Basics class (with Southwest add-on). There was so much good information in the course, and it was all presented in an easy to understand format. I watched all the online videos as well as attended a webinar session. Was helpful to have multiple formats. Would have been great to have a transcript as well. I especially liked the scenario examples. Definitely worth the money and time. Everyone who spends a lot of time in the wilderness would benefit from this course.

Really well set up course. The ability to do it at your own pace is fantastic. Very informative videos and presentations. The skills demonstrations are concise but detailed. Getting to practice the skills and get feedback on them is also a great way to make sure you're actually prepared to do them. The medical scenarios were varied and interesting and gave good practice at analyzing and deciding how to handle a situation.

Excellent course. It was better than the in-person WFA courses I've taken in the past. It had good graphics and examples, and interesting background information about the cause of the illness or trauma.

I like your coverage of all the regions. I have hiked in most of them and find your comments pretty spot on.

The regionally specific information was well presented and accompanied by helpful multimedia expert explanation.

TSgt Justin Phillips, CAP

Excellent! I'm in the Ozark/Boston Mountains in Arkansas and Southern Missouri (Ouachita (Arkansas and Oklahoma)/St Francis Mountains just south of us). This covers us. The one that includes Arkansas is for the non-mountainous parts going into LA. That being said, great course!

So informative. Time flew by so fast, interesting and to the point.

Really informative and breaks things down into easy to comprehend pieces

Great information to have for someone like myself who likes to spend a lot of time hiking and kayaking year round!

very informative slides with interesting videos to help support the story or tactics being explained.

Cody Rodichok

As an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker and someone who is constantly outdoors, this course was super helpful. I often take friends and family on backpacking trips with me, and I wanted to be more equipped for emergencies on trail. I feel better having others along with me!

I loved this Wilderness First Aid course. I have been a critical care nurse for 10 years in addition to my other nursing experience and still learned so much. I needed to take the course for K9 Search & Rescue...this is one course that I am actually glad that was on the list. I liked that the videos were full of information and not "fluff". I will recommend this course to anyone, not just organizational reasons. It is something that anyone that spends any amount of time outdoors or hiking should take. I actually wish I knew/thought to take it before I started hiking.

Class seemed well organized and covered relevant topics.

I really enjoyed the program. I was engaged with the content the entire time!

Outstanding course, excellent feedback from practical exercises. Highly recommended. Thank you.

Well put together course. It worked well for me being able to go at my own pace and work remotely.

Great course with applicable scenarios that will benefit me in the future. Thank you!

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to attain and renew a WFR online!

This was a great course, I learned a lot over the course as well. Even when I discussed info with my husband, who is a doctor, there were things that he learned as well. The cases were challenging, and the active videos were very challenging for me since my husband is 6’5 and over 200 pounds. He definitely didn’t help, so moving him and rolling him was hard but I found good techniques. Some of the questions were tough because of the multiple selections, I think those were the hardest ones when they were all examples/multiple answers. It was a greater challenge than imagined, I thought I was ready for the test, but then I had to retake it. I think that was the best lesson overall.

Very informative and educational. Useful for those in the medical field and those who plan on spending time outdoors.

Wynnston

This was great. About what I expected. I appreciated the extra 16 hour designation. There was a lot of good information in there.

I think MARCH will forever be embedded in my brain. My first aid pack has been refreshed and I'm ready to hit the single tracks with this knowledge. I particularly enjoyed the altitude sickness section - an area I knew nothing about. Great stuff and I'm going to pass this class along to my mtb team.

It was an excellent class and I've recommended it to other members of my upcoming multi-day bike trip and also to family members. While most everyone venturing outside has taken a first aid/CPR class in the past, it's important to take again because best practices continue to change.

Hello. This course seemed to provide all the relevant info needed for wilderness medical preparation and was delivered in a clear and (helpfully) redundant way. I need that redundancy in my learning approach and appreciate that very much!

Michael B Benson, RN-BSN

Excellent straight forward course structure. Only did the WFA for now because that is what I needed for an upcoming work assignment. I will definitely be back to do my WFR and possibly even be able to do the W-EMT upgrade. A very good blend of both skills videos and text usage. Would recommend having your course programers enable this program to allow students to interactively respond to Dr Bonthius's questions during the video lectures. I have a great niece starting her university EMT, EMT-P studies in the fall in Trinidad, CO. I am going to definitely introduce her as well as my daughter and son to your training site. Thanks for the training.

very succinct and helpful information. the videos were also very engaging which i appreciated

Amber Conlin

Loved this course. I often hike by myself and having this knowledge is empowering and comforting.

Great information shared in a variety of ways.

I took an in-person wilderness first aid course more than several years ago, prior to becoming a wilderness guide in New Mexico. About a year ago, I decided to jump on board a seasonal guiding program and wanted to be prepared just in case someone really needed help. This class was nice because I could take it at my own pace and I didn't feel pressured. The content was great and the teacher was knowledgable. I would consider signing up for the WFR course next.

Loved it. Engaging and area specific.

Emily Hansen

This was a great course, and I learned so much about the area I've lived in my whole life. Great format and instruction.

Brenda

Great info. The visual podcast was very helpful.

I found the instruction to be efficient and effective. More organizations should promote this approach. I know the course required a lot of effort. Thank you!

Excellent briefings on regional hazards. Highly recommended.

Good information.

Very good content even for healthcare providers. I look forward to future classes with this organization.

Great Course. thank you for making it affordable. I am on a volunteer PSAR team and Mountain bike unit and this would be a great addition to our required AED/CPR/FA volunteer courses for national and ca. state parks.

This course was incredibly helpful for someone who is new to wilderness activities. I really appreciated the video demonstrations of practical skills, such as how to splint injuries, how to create a hypothermia wrap, and how to perform bleeding control. Thank you so much for offering this course at such an accessible and affordable price.

Carmen

Great class. Entertaining. Practical. Information is recent. Videos make sense. Site easy to navigate. Inquires answered very quickly and accurately.

The course was pretty informative and easy to understand. I overland travel and camp dispersed. I’d think that some of the mentioned scenarios will be similar to situations I may find myself in, in the future. Thank you for having the course(s) available.

Had problems reading all the questions on my final quiz because of the layout of the page on my cell phone. I should have used a laptop, but really wanted to get this finished up before going to Antelope Canyon tomorrow morning and hiking/camping in the Grand Canyon Wednesday and Thursday. Also, the 'Next' button was hidden behind the Help button so had to use the sidebar to navigate.

This was great! I consider myself a proficient/knowledgeable outdoorsman and yet still had plenty to learn, and was pushed to consider risks I haven't before.

A lot of information was provided in this course, some information that was never touched on in my NOLS class. Overall, the course was informative and the modules were easy to navigate.

This is a great course to teach and refresh on wilderness first aid. This course thoroughly covers all necessary aspects of treating an injury in the outdoors.

This course was informative and reviewed some great first aid techniques that would be very helpful in the backcountry of Alaska.

WoW. Things have changed a little bit since I took this 20 years ago. Thank you. Very useful. I live in NM but good to learn about different animals (including humans), plants, and other hazards (fire for one, which is just going to get worse). Thanks again.

Thank you! I have a PhD in Biology and an avid climber and rafter from NM. I like to keep up with First aid. This was very useful and informative.

Having gone through many different First Aid/CPR/AED courses, this particular one was very informative and went above and beyond with the video tutorials. The course was very helpful with the tutorials and as close to hands-on as you could get. It was easy to stay on track and kept attention/interest levels high throughout.

Very helpful and engaging course.

Great course with a lot of information that pertains to the Southwest especially.

The course was a great review!

Material was good, but breaking it up and having short reviews would have been helpful

Great course! I learned a lot and appreciate the knowledge gained. Thank you!

The class was very informative, and I feel much more prepared to handle crises when out in wilderness settings.

Great information. Thank you!

The videos were great. The instructors spoke clearly and were very easy to follow

I found the class to be informative and useful with re-acquainting myself on 1st-aid practices. I found it especially useful getting a better understanding of when to evacuate a patient. I do wish, however, that the instruction examples had all been done out in the wilderness and that all topics covered were exclusively limited to being out in the back country. Thank You...

Course information was useful but felt a little basic. Course materials were repetitive and lacked text alternatives for easy review/accessibility.

Great video and teaching with informative details

The class was great. Very informative and absolutely learned more details about things and skills I thought I already had a good grasp on.

great info

The Pacific West U.S. Wilderness First Aid course was extremely informative. I felt I learned a great deal of important survival skills that will better prepare me while working in the western region of the United States.

Great Class, tons of information and stats that help get the point across. I look forward to sharing with my SAR team. Thank you for all that you do.

Love these courses! Extremely informative.

Great course.

Helpful information!

Excellent course! Anyone who ventures into the outdoors for recreation or work should have basic first aid knowledge suited for the environment. This course makes it easy to learn, engaging, accessible and affordable. The instruction is medically sound and scenarios are similar to those you might actually encounter in outdoor adventures.

It was a great course, I liked how the webinars were posted after the actual webinar as videos. That made it easier to take notes.

I appreciate the thorough delivery of information and the allowance of the student to take portions of the class at different times when it is convenient. I would appreciate more inquiry-based learning during the class where the instructor asks a series of questions with clever and memorable hints that lead the student to the correct answer. Humor and mnemonic devices may be helpful. The long periods of monologue do not hold the student's attention.

First of all, thank you for taking the time to touch us folks in the Mountain West! The basic information covered in this highlights a lot of misconceptions about animals, plants, and terrain in this region. It is good for people to understand the region that they live in and about. I look forward to many more classes.

A really good course to take for anyone that spends hours in the backcountry!

I truly enjoyed this course. It shared lots of information, but in a digestible and logical order. The combination of knowledge checks, quizzes, and hands on submissions helped me grasp each topic from different angles. Feeling prepared!

Very complete. Practical, with real world scenarios

This course was so helpful to me as I prepare to lead a trip in a few short weeks! I have been nervous about entering into an unfamiliar environment, and this course helped to ease my nerves in educating me on both environmental and wildlife factors of the area! I feel much more equipped to lead a trip in this region now!

The class was very detailed and informative. The scenarios where realistic and challenging. I feel better prepared to deal with medical and environmental challenges I may encounter in the wilderness.

Stephen Lessard

I thought the course layout was logical, practical and well organized regarding subject sequentialization. Subject matter was nicely suited to my location and relevant.

Excellent course, with clear explanations and helpful scenarios. I particularly like getting the recording because I can pause it to take notes or think about what was said, or I can go over a particular point if I need to.

This class is fantastic ... I am 100% sure that I got way more from it than if I had to do 16 hours at a location. I took the course several times and kept going back and forth. I also participated on the online live trainings and challenges. I am an active member of a Search and Rescue team in Southern Arizona and I am going to ensure that every team member takes this course. Love it!

This has been an extremely rewarding class. I have learned more in this course than I have in previous WFA courses run by the Red Cross. What made this better for me is the ability to review the material until I could learn it. Having to do the hands-on Assessment recordings and skills photographs really ingrained a muscle/mental memory that cannot be duplicated in an in-person class. There is not enough time during the in-person classes for everyone to have the hands-on experience. The Webinar Challenges were a great plus to make me think about the situations. Thank you so much for making this course available to me.

This was so informative and very helpful! I feel like I am more prepared should anything go wrong during my time in the wilderness. Thank you!

i really enjoyed this course! I hope to never need to use many of the things I have learned, but i feel much better prepared to go off grid in the rocky mountain west now.

I'm thankful to have these regional first aid courses! They're super useful in a country like the US!

Eric smith

This is a really great course. The videos and practical knowledge test really made you think about the different scenarios in health and medical emergencies that may arise at any given time I would recommend this course to anyone that is doing any kind of outdoor activities to help them better prepare for medical emergencies…

Morgan Fiorino

I really loved the comprehension questions that put us in very specific scenarios. It was great that you covered such a diverse array of situations ranging from animals to fires. Thank you for the information and learnings! I feel even more prepared for my next adventure!

Thank you!! This course is flexible, interactive, and affordable. The information was easy to follow and the instructions were clear. The feedback is helpful. I have already recommended the course to a coworker that needs to be certified.

Great course, thanks! Appreciate the additional information beyond the Wilderness Cert course that is specific to my region.

I appreciate the information in this course that was presented above and beyond the regular Wilderness Medicine Certification. I hope to be able to take all the regional first aid courses now! Thanks for a great learning experience!

I would absolutely recommend this to anyone I know!!! Very in-depth and informative!

Mark Velicer

Great overview, I'm familiar with all the states, and thought I was completely up to speed but definitely learned a bunch of new things. Thank you for broadening my perspective. I've had mountain goats unabashedly come right in front of me while doing #1 in the Enchantments in WA state! They weren't aggressive but it's good to know they can be. Suggest adding a section on how varied the climates can be within even one state in the Pacific / west coast area. Friends I've backpacked with have learned the hard way that it on the one hand it can be non-stop rain in the coastal ranges - meaning hypothermia is a huge risk, but then only 2-3 hours away on the east slope of the mountains, in the "high desert" climate in WA and OR and CA, the more extreme temperatures in both directions, and arid climate are the primary concerns. Not to mention the flora and fauna completely change when one moves from west slope to east slope, so the varieties of poisonous plants and dangerous animals and snakes/reptiles change as well. What you pack, what you need to know, and how you respond can change dramatically if one just travels a couple hours west vs. east from Seattle, for example, or Portland, or Sacramento. Thanks for a great course! Mark V

This course went really well, and was very informative regarding areas I have never visited.

Casey McKown

GREAT COURSE! This is my third time to take Wilderness First Aid training. The training by Survival Med Online was thorough and provided realistic scenarios to work through. I highly recommend this course for those needing Wilderness First Aid training.

the course went well, I like that there is a specific section for the region you plan to be in the most. I think that the way it was presented was engaging and clear.

This course was so helpful to better prepare me for outdoor adventures with my own family and others. I feel much more prepared to help in an emergency. The go-at-your-own pace is perfect for a busy lifestyle. I also had my entire staff take this course for our outdoor education programming.

I really appreciated the real-life scenarios. I have taken an in-person Wilderness Medicine class in the past, and this information built on that knowledge. I recommend your program to anyone who is interested in being prepared with the knowledge and skill to respond appropriately in the back country

I really enjoyed this class a lot. I feel like I learned a lot and was able to effectively demonstrate what I learned while getting constructive feedback. I honestly don't have anything bad to say!

I enjoyed this class! I really appreciated being able to take it at my own pace. I've taken Wilderness First Aid before, so this was a re-certification, but I feel like I was able to retain much more information and, because the course was not catered to my job (I work as a wrangler on a guest ranch in Montana) I learned about a lot more topics! Really helpful.

Very educational for most wilderness emergency scenarios with region specific possibilities. I coupled the course with a local cpr/first aid class and I feel confident and prepared in the unlikely unfortunate encounter

This course was very well-done for an online self-led course. The practice and exam questions were well thought out and challenging relative to most online courses. I have been working in remote outdoor places for many years now and finally feel prepared to deal with a variety of emergencies.

Excellent course. I travel/live in an RV and volunteer at national and state parks. I would like to take more area specific selections. I just finished the Mountain West which was included in my packet, can I also take one that includes California? I am scheduled to be on a PSAR Mountain Bike team beginning November 1, 2023 for 3 months and learning more about local animals/dangers would be great. Thank you so much for offering this course at such a reasonable price. It has provided amazing information and I am sharing with all my friends.

I am a tactical medic/EMS instructor. I am very pleased on how this course was built and presented.

Really enjoyed the Wilderness First Aid + Outdoor Safety Basics class (with Southwest add-on). There was so much good information in the course, and it was all presented in an easy to understand format. I watched all the online videos as well as attended a webinar session. Was helpful to have multiple formats. Would have been great to have a transcript as well. I especially liked the scenario examples. Definitely worth the money and time. Everyone who spends a lot of time in the wilderness would benefit from this course.

Really well set up course. The ability to do it at your own pace is fantastic. Very informative videos and presentations. The skills demonstrations are concise but detailed. Getting to practice the skills and get feedback on them is also a great way to make sure you're actually prepared to do them. The medical scenarios were varied and interesting and gave good practice at analyzing and deciding how to handle a situation.

Excellent course. It was better than the in-person WFA courses I've taken in the past. It had good graphics and examples, and interesting background information about the cause of the illness or trauma.

I like your coverage of all the regions. I have hiked in most of them and find your comments pretty spot on.

The regionally specific information was well presented and accompanied by helpful multimedia expert explanation.