BSA Wilderness First Aid Training Requirement for Philmont and Northern Tier
Boy Scouts of America is requiring Wilderness First Aid (WFA) for Northern Tier and Philmont treks.
The BSA Guidelines (effective Mar 2010) state that Wilderness First Aid (WFA) is required by a crew member to qualify for Philmont Treks and Northern Tier. The WFA course must be from an approved school. WMO is and has been for years one of the BSA listed approved schools.
Both Philmont Treks and Northern Tier expeditions require at least one adult per crew to have Wilderness First Aid (WFA) training. That is, ANY approved WFA training course where the certification is still current (typically 2 years) will qualify.
The change from past years is the training must be an approved Wilderness First Aid course, not simply a First Aid course.
So, if at least one adult of your Philmont Trek or Northern Tier expedition crew has an approved current Wilderness First Aid certification, you are good to go. If not, you will require training prior to arrival at your trek so check out WMO.
At Wilderness Medicine Outfitters, we offer a Distance Learning, online and blended, Wilderness First Aid [called WFA20] 20 Hour Course. You set the time to study! You pick a location and date for the hands on personal training near you! You are no longer tied to a schedule you have little to no control of. CPR and AED can be added as an option as well on line with hands on skill instruction from your private or group instructor in your area. We encourage you not to wait until the last minute. Click the link below to get started right away. WMO Distance learning can save your time and money.
The WMO WFA20 course is designed to meet the Boy Scouts of America Wilderness First Aid Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines
This course is designed to help you learn and finish it in short time IF you will do the work outlined.
Click this link to get started at WildernessMedicine.com under "Distance Learning" > WFA20 Hour Course
More Information about the WFA-BSA course by WMO
About this WFA-BSA course
The Boy Scouts of America published new guidelines in August 2009 establishing a new standard for
Adult Leaders requiring Wilderness First Aid (WFA) training. This requirement went into full effect on March 1, 2010.
All crews going to Philmont Backpacking Treks or Northern Tier Canoe expeditions are required to have at least one crew member with an up to date "Wilderness First Aid" (WFA) credential.
Wilderness Medicine Outfitters offers a Distance Learning course that meets the BSA requirements of a WFA training certification.
Distance Learning will allow you to take this course online via the internet from the comfort of your home or office.
You can work at your own pace. You will view online videos and have reading material and slides to learn from.
You will have an assigned instructor to ask questions via email on topics within the WFA curriculum.
There are 4 multiple choice on line quizzes during the course.
Upon completion of the WMO WFA distance learning course portion
you will be required to complete a 4 hour in-person, hands on practice session.
WMO also offers an optional online blended adult CPR / AED course.
You may be interested in these links for more information:
Wilderness Medicine Outfitters home page
Wilderness Medicine Outfitters Class Information
Wilderness Medicine Outfitters Supplies
Northern Tier Canoe Expeditions
BSA WFA Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines
About Wilderness Medicine Outfitters (WMO)
We are Wilderness Medicine Outfitters (WMO)
We have been conducting Medical and Outdoor Training for over 40 years.
We offer more advanced Wilderness Medicine courses such as:
Wilderness First Responder / Wilderness EMT (WFR/WEMT)
Wilderness Advanced Life Support (WALS)
We also offer Books, First Aid Kits and much more.
Check out our website at: WildernessMedicine.com