WFA Made Easy

This app equals a two-day, sixteen-hour Wilderness First Aid course in your hands. You have access to over 50 video presentations and demonstrations and easy-to-understand diagrams that walk you step-by-step through the first aid care process.

The procedures and protocols in this app are based on the most current recommendations of responsible wilderness medical sources. Thousands of pages of Wilderness First Aid education text are distilled into less than 50 decision algorithms.

This app guides you through the primary assessment where you identify and treat life-threatening injuries that can kill a patient within the first few minutes of a medical emergency. In the secondary assessment, this app will assist you in identifying illness and injuries and instruct you on how to treat the illnesses and injuries while transporting the patient to definitive medical care.

You have access to the lectures, presentations, demonstrations, and handouts found in a traditional, sixteen-hour Wilderness First Aid Certification course. On each screen of this app, you will find QR Codes and tapping on these codes will display a webpage where you will be able to view a presentation or demonstration. Tap on the QR Code in the upper right-hand corner of the page to view a video presentation. Each page is explained, step-by-step in using concise, to-the-point video presentations that will deepen your knowledge by illustrating the application of Wilderness First Aid concepts.

Table of Contents

I Quick Start Guide

II About This App

III Introduction from the Author

IV Overall Care Flow Diagram

1 Scene Size-Up and Safety

2 Airway

3 Breathing

4 Circulation

5 Deformity

6 Disability

7 Environment

8 Secondary Assessment Care Flow

8A Vital Signs

8B SAMPLE History

9 Secondary Assessment Physical Exam

11 Abdominal Pain Table

12 Chest Pain Table

13 Spine Clearing

14 Abnormal Breathing

15 Anaphylaxis

16 Asthma

17 Breathing Too Fast/Slow

18 Allergic Reaction

19 Altered Level of Consciousness

20 Brain Injuries

21 Hypoglycemia

22 Heat Illnesses

23 Hypothermia

23A Hypothermic Wrap

24 Shock

25 Chest Pain

26 Infection

27 Friction Blisters

28 Fractures, Sprains and Strains

28A Arm Splints

28D Leg Splints

29 Mammal Bites

30 Insect Bites and Stings

31 Snake Bites

32 Burns

33 Frostbite

34 Altitude Sickness

35 Impalements

36 Lightning Injuries

37 Bleeding Control

38 Bleeding Control - Direct Pressure

39 Bleeding Control - Thoracic Bleeding

40 Bleeding Control - Tourniquets

41 Bleeding Control - Pack Wound

42 Bleeding Control - Hemostatic Dressing

43 Amputations

44 Wound Care

45 Acronyms

46 SOAP Note

47 Sources

48 Index


This app appeals to people who desire to be prepared during medical emergencies when EMS is more than a few minutes away.

For those who desire to learn how to render first aid but do not require to be certified, this app enables you to study at your own pace and from any location.

Wilderness First Aid Certification students. This app can be used as a companion during your Wilderness First Aid training and as a review tool during your two-year certification. In the classroom, this app is valuable in keeping you on task during the hands-on practice scenarios. Build confidence and muscle memory as you use the decision algorithms as cues for each step of the patent assessment and care process. During the lecture portion of a Wilderness First Aid course, this app is an excellent companion resource that increases knowledge retention by providing graphical views of the patient care process.