International Wilderness Medicine Educator

Who is it for?

A Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Course is intended for non-medical professionals:

• For people in charge and for whom medical care is a secondary responsibility
• To be able to be good assistants to highly trained rescuer medical personnel
• For People with outdoor skills to be better participants and/or lead modest trips
• This class helps the first aid trained to become the care giver who can improvise in an emergency
• Help individuals traveling in remote areas to better care for family, themselves and friends.
• The 16 hour WFA course presents knowledge with an emphasis on practical skills and drills.

What is it?

The WFA is commonly taught as a 20 hour course with an emphasis on practical skills and drills.
Focus is on:

• Performing a basic physical exam to identify obvious injuries or abnormalities, assessing basic aid
• Training beyond city first aid where no others are coming to help especially with disasters
• Learning how to improvise where you are without option of hospital care.
• Performing a basic physical exam to identify and treat injuries and illness
• How to obtain a relevant medical history with vital sign and report to medical personal
• Becoming aware of hazards to prevent accidents and medical problems by anticipating the activity and environment.
• Treatment of fractures, soft tissue injuries, small to large wounds and spine issues
• Preventing and treating environmental problems including heat, cold, lightening and near drowning

Our Principal

David Fitzpatrick

• Experienced Emergency Department and Family Physician.
• Principal of IWME Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice.
• Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, 1 of 300+ in the world.
• Has taught Wilderness Medicine to nearly a thousand students.
• He is an experienced outdoorsman and leader.

Our Trainer

Jackie Ng, Master Instructor

• He has 22 years of experience in outdoors, first aid and leadership
• He has the following certification and experience: Sports / rock climbing, PADI Open water diver, Jungle Survival Trainer Course, Basic, Thai and US Airbone course, Military Freefall course and ACCT Challenge Course Manager
• ACTA certified
• Started teaching WFA first since 2015.

Chen Zhen Yi, Master Instructor

• She has 10 years of experience in outdoors, first aid and leadership
• He has the following certification and experience: Sports / rock climbing, PADI Open water diver, Jungle Survival Course, Kayaking, The Leadership Challenge and ACCT Challenge Course Manager
• ACTA certified
• Started teaching WFA first since 2015.