Colorado Wilderness Herbal First Aid Certification – Sept 13-15, 2024
September 13 - September 15
$325
24-Hour Wilderness Herbal First Aid Certification on-site in Paonia, CO. The course will be taught by Sam & Suchil Coffman.
This is a 24-hour course taught over 3 days (8 hours per day) and includes both a conventional 16-Hour Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Certification through Emergency Care and Safety Institute (ECSI) as well as more than 8 hours of herbal first aid training.
Herbal First Aid information is integrated into the curriculum every day in order to create a holistic model of remote or post-disaster care that emphasizes the essentials of first aid care while also introducing fundamental plant-medicine concepts that apply to austere or post-disaster environments.
24-Hour WFA certification subjects include:
- Primary and secondary survey
- Extrication
- Field expedient methods for moving a victim, basic knot/lashing concepts
- Diagnosing and treating a wide variety of trauma and life
- Threatening situations
- Splinting & bandaging plus ankle and knee stabilization for walking
- High altitude injuries, heat and cold injuries
- Disease and infection
- Snake and insect bites & stings
- Shock
- Head injuries
- Water purification & fluid replacement
- First Responder planning, building first aid kits and more
Herbal First Aid subjects include:
- Fundamental herbal care concepts
- The necessary shift in thinking
- Wound Care and Infection Management using herbs
- Injury, shock, pain and herbs
- Respiratory herbal first response
- Gastrointestinal herbal first response
- Urinary herbal first response
- Planning, preparing and administering herbs
Tuition Information
Below is a general outline of the tuition for this event. There are no prerequisite requirements for taking this course. Please pack a bag lunch and bring whatever foods you may need to keep you happy! Portions of the course will be outdoors.
Regular Tuition: $325 (processing fees apply)
Check/E-invoice/Venmo Discount: $325 (No processing fees)
– Tuition includes a spiral first aid field guide and certification materials.
– The certification testing for ECSI is both hands-on (done as teams) and a written test.
– Wilderness first aid certification is provided by ECSI, which is created, endorsed, and underwritten by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
– A national ECSI certification card is issued which is valid for 2 years.