Dates: 7-13 September 2026
Location: Karlsvika Naturskole, Tønsberg https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxPkkuGFykoQRzv79
Coaches: Paul Cahill, Advanced Paramedic and Kristoffer Vandbakk, ISKGA coach
Accommodation: Tent or hammock on-site is possible at no extra cost.
Hotels or Airbnb in Tønsberg can be an alternative.
Food: Self catering.
Course itinerary: Day 1-5 will be spent on a mix of classroom teachings and outdoor scenarios. Time will be spent at the indoor wave pool for water competency and lifesaving training. Day 6-7 is spent on an overnight “expedition” nearby.
Equipment list: Camping equipment. Foam sleeping mat, tarp/emergency shelter/Jerven duk or similar one-person shelter. Outdoor clothing. A complete list will be sent to the participants.
Price: 13500 NOK
WFR refresher dates: For those who have previously completed a 60 hours WFR course, we offer a two day refresher on 12-13 September. The price for this refresher is 2000 kr. A certificate will be issued on completion.
Register here to join: https://forms.gle/9gCF2cokp646pcUB6
First Aid is the immediate and temporary care of ill and Injured people.
The Principles of First Aid:
1. Ensure your safety and that of the group first
2. Help prevent patient deterioration
3. Take care of casualties both physical and emotional needs
This program is aimed specifically at outdoor guides or coaches that are operating in remote wilderness environments, where the level of first aid knowledge and practical experience needs to be robust and fit for purpose.
One of the days will be spent in a world class wave pool for lifesaving training and development of personal water competencies and rescue techniques.
This course covers the competencies required in two different environments. Each of these environments calls for different minimum standards of training and competency in emergency care. These levels are defined below with the minimum standard of emergency care provision defined. These are minimum standards and guides are encouraged to develop their emergency care abilities to the highest standard regardless of environment.
1. Near civilisation: Help within one hour maximum.
24 hour basic outdoor orientated first aid course. Should include the core competences of:
Assessment of Scene / Mechanism of Injury / Safety/ Need for further help Vital signs assessment/ Primary and Secondary Surveys
Airway / Breathing / Circulation Assessment and Management. Resuscitation , CPR , Choking
Bleeding / Shock / Wound Management
Fracture / Dislocation / Sprain / Strain Management Head, chest, abdominal and spinal trauma
Environmental Emergencies: Hypo/ Hyperthermia, Drowning, Basic Marine Envenomation’s / Injuries Medical Emergencies: Asthma , Epilepsy , Diabetes , Chest Pain, Anaphylaxis , Drowning Miscellaneous: Burns, Pain Management, Eye Injuries, Dental problems
Introduction to basic personal medication use, eg: inhalers (salbutamol and emergency medication use eg: Intramuscular adrenaline.
2. Remote Environments 1 to 24 hours from help. Advanced First Aid / Wilderness First Reponder 60 hours training
These levels include all the core subjects of a basic course but examined in more detail and the students are expected to have a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of injuries and illness included in the program. Apart from the additional subjects named below the principle benefit of this level of training is the opportunity to include more extensive and complex scenario simulations. In these scenarios students have the opportunity to begin to develop greater skills of vital signs assessment, differential diagnosis (basic), scene management , team leading , communications and treating patients.
Advanced Vital Signs including blood pressure , breath sounds , oxygen saturation assessment without a probe.
Advanced fracture management with the use of flexible, rigid and traction splints, including improvised splints.
Emergency medication use including salbutamol and administration of intramuscular injections. Familiarisation with advanced expedition medical kits and wilderness medical pocket guides.
Communication with supporting doctors I ambulance personnel.
Scenario based discussions on preventing and dealing with common medical problems whilst on expedition: Hydration and dehydration, diarrhoea and constipation, and genitourinary tract disorders.
Practical sessions on environmental hazards including sea survival and cold water immersion response, hypo and hyperthermia, and dealing with lightning injury.
