Case Study: A Climbing Fall in Greece
While climbing in Greece with a friend, you witness another climber takes a fall. She swings hard, feet first, into the wall. The rope stops her, but ...
While climbing in Greece with a friend, you witness another climber takes a fall. She swings hard, feet first, into the wall. The rope stops her, but ...
You witness someone fall from a horse; they are unresponsive. How do you use your Wilderness Medicine skills in this situation?
After a strenuous hike, you and your team find a tent just off the trail at 11,300 ft. You call out, “Hello, is anyone in the tent? This is search ...
Test your wilderness medicine skills to see how you would respond to this first-aid scenario.
You’re camping at 8,500’ with a group of 5 friends in the Sierra Nevada in California. It’s mid-summer. One of the group comes over to you and asks if you can take a look at Charley. “He’s having trouble breathing.” You dig into your pack for the first aid kit which you brought along because you, as the Wilderness First Responder trained person in this group, are thought of by your friends as “almost a doctor.”
You haven’t actually seen a patient in the 8 months since your WFR course, but you find your hand coming up to your forehead and the scene-size up comes to mind. You’re momentarily embarrassed and look around to see if anyone noticed, then you get over this silliness, survey the scene, put on your gloves, approach the patient, and perform the initial assessment. You spend an extra moment at the “B” step because the patient’s chief complaint is shortness of breath. You learn he can take a deep breath and there is no chest injury, no dramatic hole you need to plug. The rest of the initial assessment is unremarkable so you take your own deep breath, look at your blank SOAP note, remind yourself of the components of the patient assessment system, and go to work.
To reduce the strain on local health care facilities during a global crisis, you can step up and use your first aid training to treat some injuries ...
At 6:30 in the morning some of your participants come and tell you that their tentmate is complaining of abdominal pain. As the WFR-trained course ...
To reduce the strain on local health care facilities during a global crisis, you can step up and use your first aid training to treat some injuries ...
Do you know the proper protocols for a patient with a suspected spine injury?
To reduce the strain on local health care facilities during a global crisis, you can step up and use your first aid training to treat some injuries ...
Take this Wilderness First Aid quiz to test your knowledge about basic WFA skills.
NOLS grad Kimberly Blazzard unexpectedly put her wilderness medicine skills into practice on a solo trip on the Appalachian Trail.
Do you know how to test an ankle injury for usability?
Even if you’ve never fly-fished, NOLS Wilderness Medicine has advice to prepare you for the hobby’s common risks, especially in the early season.
Do you know how to prevent, recognize, and treat a non-freezing cold injury (NFCI)? Test your wilderness medicine skills with this case study.
Audrey Goral took a NOLS WFA thinking she would only use the skills for a sprained ankle. She never expected to use the skills on her twin in an ...
This case study tests how well you can adapt when you're responsible for not just one patient, but an entire group.
Test your wilderness medicine knowledge with this case study about a patient with flu-like symptoms that may be related to a tick-borne illness.
You're a first responder helping a patient who was bucked off their horse. The assessment might reveal something more troubling than what meets the ...
Do you enjoy recreating outdoors? Here are the top 7 reasons why you should consider to taking a NOLS Wilderness First Aid course.
Test your knowledge about caring for patients who may have head injuries with this wilderness medicine case study.
So many abbreviations, so little time! Take a look at these need-to-know acronyms for wilderness medicine.
Test your knowledge with a case study based on a real event in the '80s where Wilderness First Responders aided a hiker suffering from weakness and ...
The patient commented that their toes have been cold and numb all day, but thought they could get by until getting into their sleeping bag. Read the ...
NOLS instructor Jake Blackwelder tells the story of a rescue on a rock climbing route in Moab, Utah.
One NOLS graduate uses her Wilderness First Responder skills to help a surfer in need.
The patient is a 30-year-old complaining of fatigue, dizziness, and a headache—how will you respond? Test your knowledge with this case study.
Sprains and strains are some of the most common injuries you'll encounter in the outdoors. Are you prepared to recognize and treat them?
You find a hiker who you think might be suffering from altitude illness - after introducing yourselves, and with the patient's permission, you and ...
Take this wilderness medicine quiz to find out what you really know about the symptoms and treatment for altitude illness.
Read our tested strategies for handling the first aid hazards you’re most likely to see when you go fishing in lakes, rivers, streams, or the ocean.
Getting caught by a fishhook isn't fun, but it doesn't necessarily mean the end of your fishing trip—if you have the appropriate first-aid skills.
Here's some key advice from NOLSies to help ward off small illnesses and injuries that could lead to a more serious medical situation.