This topic will cover your preparation for attending a Slipstream Wilderness First Aid class. This topic includes Documents you need to print, Required Reading, and Trip/Profile Cards and splints you must make before your class starts. Oh and, you may want to shave your ankle/leg from your foot to half-way up your lower leg prior to Day 1 of your course. You will be taping ankles in class!

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Inside are resources you can use before and during your course. You will find study tips, the topics list (The Menu) and homework guidance as well as testing and re-testing information.

This module looks at the legal considerations you will have to take into account as a Wilderness Leader in Canada. Whether as an adventure tourism guide, a volunteer leader, a ski patrol member or a team member of a SAR group, this information will provide some scope on legal concerns. Although this content does not teach you how to save lives directly, it is very important in this current time of lawsuits and liability. You need to know where you stand so that you can take responsibility for your own decisions. It’s not a good plan to rely on employers to have all this legal stuff thought out. Often they don’t!

This module looks at the ways in which risk can be managed as a Wilderness First Aider and an Adventure Guide. The lessons go into the ways risk works, the different types of risk and the methods we can use to control these risks.

Very basic anatomy and physiology to beef up your foundation for first aid decision making.

To make the perfect plan, the patient’s condition must be understood. To understand the patient’s condition a Wilderness First Aider uses Detailed Patient Assessments that are relevant to the situation. In this module, Patient Assessments are outlined to give you a head start when you get to the practical course.

Following a tried and tested method, when dealing with an accident, will save lives. The lessons in this module will walk you through that method and help you to understand the considerations for evacuation before you have to deal with one.You should memorize these steps.

So here we go into some serious, hands on first aid situations. In this module we’re going to look at some of the major trauma injuries that you may have to deal with in the wilderness. These injuries and their treatment will be covered extensively in the practical component of the course. But it’s best to get a head start here so you know what you’ll be dealing with.

It’s a good thing those massive, life threatening trauma injuries are rare. That kind of stress could give you cancer! This module is going to look at the first aid situations that are common. The one’s you’ll have to deal with almost every time you take a group out. The bread and butter of first aid.

Dealing with small wounds will become second nature to you in the wilderness if it isn’t already. Getting it right first time will mean less time spent re-dressing, disinfecting and listening to clients moan. It might even just save you an avoidable evacuation.

The variety of poisons and venom and disease in the wilderness is endless! Hooray! You can get sick from plants, animals, food and even water. You`ll learn how in this module.

Step outside your climate controlled truck and make your way into the wilderness. Now you’re immersed in the elements and they can leave you for dead. The sun, the air, the water, the altitude and the way you deal with them can lead you into trouble. This module will gives you the knowledge to prepare.

Massive portions of the population have chronic (long term) illnesses. You’re going to have people on your trip that have chronic illnesses and you’re going to have to manage these people. There are a number of considerations that need to be made when leading people with chronic illnesses. We’ll look into the planning for, and treatment of these illnesses in this module.

When participants come to you with gender issues they're usually not going to be feeling fantastic about it. How you conduct yourself when dealing with these issues shows your level of compassion and professionalism. Keep a straight face. Especially when you're untangling some dude's balls!

Another area where professionalism and empathy is key. We all struggle, just in different ways. In this module we will look at psychological issues and get a general idea of what people are dealing with and how we can be of help. This module is still a work in progress, so please bear with us.

Not your babysitters CPR!

CPR Level "A" Exam and Certificate Centre

This is the Slipstream Campus CPR "A" Written Final Exam Module for students desiring CPR certification. You must have a password (key) to access your exam. Your password (key) will be given to you by your instructor or email upon completion of the practical component of your course.

CPR Level "C" Exam and Certificate Centre

This is the Slipstream Campus CPR "C" Written Final Exam Module for students desiring CPR "C" certification. You must have a password (key) to access your exam. Your password (key) will be given to you by your instructor or email upon completion of the practical component of your course.

AWFA Exam and Certificate Centre

This is the Slipstream Campus Advanced Wilderness First Aid (90 hour) Written Final Exam Module for students desiring certification. You must have a password (key) to access your exam. Your password (key) will be given to you by your instructor upon completion of the practical component of your course.