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Live Better in the Backcountry

2023 Fall Medical Courses

Providing workforce and recreational leadership training in the urban and wilderness environments through human connection and a holistic heart centered approach to life.

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Winter Avalanche Courses

Providing workforce and recreational leadership training in the urban and wilderness environments through human connection and a holistic heart centered approach to life.

Avalanche Level 1

December 14 - 17, 2023

Thursday - Classroom - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Friday - Classroom - 9am - 5pm

Saturday & Sunday - Field - 7am - 5pm

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The Jackson Hole Outdoor Leadership Institute’s Level 1 is a 4-Day, 30-hour introduction to travel in avalanche terrain and avalanche hazard management. This course included pre-course assignments, classroom sessions and field experiences: 40% Classroom, 60% Field.

 

The course is expected to:

  1. Provide a biological and cognitive framework for decision making, team building and partner selection while developing mindset and intention for interaction with the backcountry environment
  2. Describe how, when and why avalanches occur.
  3. Identify and describe avalanche terrain in the field
  4. Describe and implement a framework for decision making and risk management in avalanche terrain.
  5. Have had an opportunity to practice companion rescue with feedback and understand the framework and importance for continued practice of companion rescue skills.

Students can expect to learn to prepare for and carry out a backcountry trip in and around avalanche terrain, introduced to risk management tools and mentored in basic decision making while in the field and an introduction and practice of rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person.

A final debrief includes a lesson learned summary and opportunities to gain additional education and mentorship. Students are encouraged and counseled on how to apply the skills learned and told that no course can fully guarantee safety, either during or after course completion. A link is made to a future JHOLI Avalanche Level 2 course.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$750.00

Course Full

Avalanche Rescue

December 19, 2023

December 19, 2023

8:00am - 4:30pm

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The Avalanche Rescue Course is an 8-hour course focused on leadership, decision-making and the actions necessary to be taken during an avalanche rescue. This course goes beyond the basics and prepares participants to assume leadership a leadership position during an avalanche burial and subsequent rescue.

This course can be taken as a stand-alone course and is also a prerequisite for enrollment in Avalanche Level 2 or Pro 1.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$250.00

Only 1 Seat Available

Avalanche Level 2

December 20 - 23, 2023

Wednesday - Classroom -  5:30pm-8:30pm

Thursday - Classroom - 9am-5pm

Friday & Saturday - Field - 7am-5pm

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The Level 2 Course with Avalanche Rescue is a 4-Day 30-hour program that provides backcountry leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision making skills while developing leadership skills in avalanche rescue. This course included pre-course assignments, classroom sessions and field experiences: 40% Classroom, 60% Field.

The course is expected to:

  1. Provide a biological and cognitive framework for decision making, team building and partner selection while developing mindset and intention for interaction with the backcountry environment.
  2. Provide the basis for a philosophical understanding of risk management and acceptance of risk.
  3. Gather and prioritize information relevant for describing how seasonal weather has affected the snowpack process and current snowpack structure.
  4. Create an avalanche hazard assessment without a local bulletin.
  5. Describe, create and implement a framework for planning, decision making and risk management in consideration of leading a group in avalanche terrain.
  6. Practice travel and terrain mitigation techniques under supervision with feedback in a variety of avalanche terrain situations.

The Level 2 builds from the introductory avalanche hazard management model introduced in the Level 1 and adds to it the evaluation of factors critical to mindset, risk management, stability evaluation, group management and terrain selection.

A final debrief includes a lesson learned summary and opportunities to gain additional education and mentorship. Students are encouraged and counseled on how to apply the skills learned and told that no course can fully guarantee safety, either during or after course completion. A link is made to a future future professional level trainings.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$750.00

Only 1 Seat Available

Avalanche Level 1 Refresher

December 29 - 30, 2023

December 29, 2023 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm - Classroom Session

December 30, 2023 - 7:00am - 5:00pm - Field Session

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The Level 1 Avalanche Refresher Course is for person who have successfully completed a formal Level 1 course and 20 days of backcountry touring since your course or have a minimum of 3 years of backcountry touring experience.

This 2 day, 13-hour continuing education module focuses on review of the avalanche bulletin, terrain selection, group management and leadership techniques used in and around avalanche terrain.

Students can expect:

  1. Deeper understandings on how to read the avalanche bulletin
  2. Deeper understandings of application of the bulletin to terrain
  3. Deeper understandings of the strategies involved in group management
  4. Deeper understandings of how to use terrain analytics to manage risk

Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$325.00

Course Full

Avalanche Level 1

January 2 - 5, 2024

Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024 - Classroom - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024 - Classroom - 9am - 5pm

Thursday & Friday, Jan. 4 & 5, 2024 - Field - 7am - 5pm

View Course Description

The Jackson Hole Outdoor Leadership Institute’s Level 1 is a 4-Day, 30-hour introduction to travel in avalanche terrain and avalanche hazard management. This course included pre-course assignments, classroom sessions and field experiences: 40% Classroom, 60% Field.

 

The course is expected to:

  1. Provide a biological and cognitive framework for decision making, team building and partner selection while developing mindset and intention for interaction with the backcountry environment
  2. Describe how, when and why avalanches occur.
  3. Identify and describe avalanche terrain in the field
  4. Describe and implement a framework for decision making and risk management in avalanche terrain.
  5. Have had an opportunity to practice companion rescue with feedback and understand the framework and importance for continued practice of companion rescue skills.

Students can expect to learn to prepare for and carry out a backcountry trip in and around avalanche terrain, introduced to risk management tools and mentored in basic decision making while in the field and an introduction and practice of rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person.

A final debrief includes a lesson learned summary and opportunities to gain additional education and mentorship. Students are encouraged and counseled on how to apply the skills learned and told that no course can fully guarantee safety, either during or after course completion. A link is made to a future JHOLI Avalanche Level 2 course.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$750.00

Course Full

Avalanche Level 1 Refresher

January 12 - 13, 2024

January 12, 2024 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm - Classroom Session

January 13, 2024 - 7:00am - 5:00pm - Field Session

View Course Description

The Level 1 Avalanche Refresher Course is for person who have successfully completed a formal Level 1 course and 20 days of backcountry touring since your course or have a minimum of 3 years of backcountry touring experience.

This 2 day, 13-hour continuing education module focuses on review of the avalanche bulletin, terrain selection, group management and leadership techniques used in and around avalanche terrain.

Students can expect:

  1. Deeper understandings on how to read the avalanche bulletin
  2. Deeper understandings of application of the bulletin to terrain
  3. Deeper understandings of the strategies involved in group management
  4. Deeper understandings of how to use terrain analytics to manage risk

Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$325.00

Only 3 Seats Available

Avalanche Rescue

January 14, 2024

8am - 4:30pm

View Course Description

The Avalanche Rescue Course is an 8-hour course focused on leadership, decision-making and the actions necessary to be taken during an avalanche rescue. This course goes beyond the basics and prepares participants to assume leadership a leadership position during an avalanche burial and subsequent rescue.

This course can be taken as a stand-alone course and is also a prerequisite for enrollment in Avalanche Level 2 or Pro 1.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$250.00

6 Seats Available

Avalanche Level 1

February 1 - 4, 2024

Thursday, February 1, 2024 - Classroom - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Friday, February 2, 2024 - Classroom - 9am - 5pm

Saturday & Sunday, February 3 &4, 2024 - Field - 7am - 5pm

View Course Description

The Jackson Hole Outdoor Leadership Institute’s Level 1 is a 4-Day, 30-hour introduction to travel in avalanche terrain and avalanche hazard management. This course included pre-course assignments, classroom sessions and field experiences: 40% Classroom, 60% Field.

The course is expected to:

  1. Provide a biological and cognitive framework for decision making, team building and partner selection while developing mindset and intention for interaction with the backcountry environment
  2. Describe how, when and why avalanches occur.
  3. Identify and describe avalanche terrain in the field
  4. Describe and implement a framework for decision making and risk management in avalanche terrain.
  5. Have had an opportunity to practice companion rescue with feedback and understand the framework and importance for continued practice of companion rescue skills.

Students can expect to learn to prepare for and carry out a backcountry trip in and around avalanche terrain, introduced to risk management tools and mentored in basic decision making while in the field and an introduction and practice of rescue techniques required to find and dig up a buried person.

A final debrief includes a lesson learned summary and opportunities to gain additional education and mentorship. Students are encouraged and counseled on how to apply the skills learned and told that no course can fully guarantee safety, either during or after course completion. A link is made to a future JHOLI Avalanche Level 2 course.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$750.00

Only 4 Seats Available

Avalanche Level 1 Refresher

February 10 - 11, 2024

February 10, 2024 - 5:30pm - 8:30pm - Classroom Session

February 11, 2024 - 7:00am - 5:00pm - Field Session

View Course Description

The Level 1 Avalanche Refresher Course is for person who have successfully completed a formal Level 1 course and 20 days of backcountry touring since your course or have a minimum of 3 years of backcountry touring experience.

This 2 day, 13-hour continuing education module focuses on review of the avalanche bulletin, terrain selection, group management and leadership techniques used in and around avalanche terrain.

Students can expect:

  1. Deeper understandings on how to read the avalanche bulletin
  2. Deeper understandings of application of the bulletin to terrain
  3. Deeper understandings of the strategies involved in group management
  4. Deeper understandings of how to use terrain analytics to manage risk

Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$325.00

Only 4 Seats Available

Avalanche Level 2

February 15 - 18, 2024

Thursday, February 15, 2024 - Classroom - 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Friday, February 16, 2024 - Classroom - 9am - 5pm

Saturday & Sunday, February 17 & 18, 2024 - Field - 7am - 5pm

View Course Description

The Level 2 Course with Avalanche Rescue is a 4-Day 30-hour program that provides backcountry leaders the opportunity to advance their avalanche knowledge and decision making skills while developing leadership skills in avalanche rescue. This course included pre-course assignments, classroom sessions and field experiences: 40% Classroom, 60% Field.

The course is expected to:

  1. Provide a biological and cognitive framework for decision making, team building and partner selection while developing mindset and intention for interaction with the backcountry environment.
  2. Provide the basis for a philosophical understanding of risk management and acceptance of risk.
  3. Gather and prioritize information relevant for describing how seasonal weather has affected the snowpack process and current snowpack structure.
  4. Create an avalanche hazard assessment without a local bulletin.
  5. Describe, create and implement a framework for planning, decision making and risk management in consideration of leading a group in avalanche terrain.
  6. Practice travel and terrain mitigation techniques under supervision with feedback in a variety of avalanche terrain situations.

The Level 2 builds from the introductory avalanche hazard management model introduced in the Level 1 and adds to it the evaluation of factors critical to mindset, risk management, stability evaluation, group management and terrain selection.

A final debrief includes a lesson learned summary and opportunities to gain additional education and mentorship. Students are encouraged and counseled on how to apply the skills learned and told that no course can fully guarantee safety, either during or after course completion. A link is made to a future future professional level trainings.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$750.00

Only 2 Seats Available

2024 Spring Medical Courses

Providing workforce and recreational leadership training in the urban and wilderness environments through human connection and a holistic heart centered approach to life.

First Aid

March 15, 2024

8:30pm - Skills Check - Starts immediacy after the CPR Course

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer First Aid as a Blended Learning course that is designed to meet OSHA workforce regulations for First Aid. You must also sign up for an in-person CPR Course to gain certification. This is a two-part Blended Learning option to add 1st Aid to a CPR/AED certification. This is a self-directed online module followed by an in-person skills check. With purchase you will be provided the online module to be completed prior to the in-person skills check.

The course teaches basic first aid skills such as: making sure the scene is safe, first aid basics such as stopping bleeding that can be seen and helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, medical emergencies, and environmental emergencies. 

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in First Aid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$95.00

16 Seats Available

CPR / AED

March 15, 2024

5:30pm - 8:30pm

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CPR/AED

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider we offer CPR.  This course teaches Adult CPR/AED and Child basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and calling your emergency response number (or 911). It provides a training for designated first responders, individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements, or an entire workplace.

As with all of our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

This is a three and a half hour course and meets all workforce requirements for CPR.

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in Adult CPR/AED and Child CPR


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$95.00

15 Seats Available

Wilderness First Aid

March 16 - 17, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

View Course Description

Wilderness First Aid (WFA) is one of the most popular medical courses for beginners and advanced users alike.  It creates a solid foundation in the basics of backcountry medical care and when taken in secession skills are reinforced.

Wilderness First Aid is designed to meet the needs of first-aid training for anyone who works, travels, or spends time in rural or wilderness areas. This 16-hour course examines the role of outdoor professionals in wilderness medicine and the response, care and rescue of outdoor participants in non-urban environments. It provides intensive, in-depth training in the areas of patient assessment system, environmental injuries/ conditions, anaphylaxis, lifting/moving/extrication, patient carries, and backcountry medicine. The curriculum covers standards of care for trauma and medical patients for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Aid. To stay current, you must repeat this course every two years. CPR is a separate component that is necessary for a WFA certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$335.00

16 Seats Available

Wilderness First Responder Recertification

March 16 - 17, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

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Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is recognized as the industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors, mountain guides, river guides, and ski patrollers. This 16-hour module is designed for anyone re-certifying their current WFR certification.The curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Special topics include, but are not limited to: CPR considerations (when not to start and when to stop), wilderness wound and burn management, clearing patients of spine and head trauma, athletic injuries, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long-term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, common simple medical problems, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all of our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications: Upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Responder. To stay current, you must repeat this course every three years. Additionally a current CPR certification is required for a WFR certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$365.00

14 Seats Available

CPR / AED

April 19, 2024

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Center for the Arts

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider we offer CPR.  This course teaches Adult CPR/AED and Child basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and calling your emergency response number (or 911). It provides a training for designated first responders, individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements, or an entire workplace.

As with all of our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

This is a three-and-a-half-hour course and meets all workforce requirements for CPR.

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in Adult CPR/AED and Child CPR


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$95.00

16 Seats Available

First Aid

April 19, 2024

8:30pm Skills Check  - Begins immediately after the CPR Course

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer First Aid as a Blended Learning course that is designed to meet OSHA workforce regulations for First Aid. You must also sign up for an in-person CPR Course to gain certification. This is a two-part Blended Learning option to add 1st Aid to a CPR/AED certification. This is a self-directed online module followed by an in-person skills check. With purchase you will be provided the online module to be completed prior to the in-person skills check.

 

The course teaches basic first aid skills such as: making sure the scene is safe, first aid basics such as stopping bleeding that can be seen and helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, medical emergencies, and environmental emergencies. 

 

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in First Aid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$95.00

8 Seats Available

Wilderness First Responder Recertification

April 20 - 21, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is recognized as the industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors, mountain guides, river guides, and ski patrollers. This 16-hour module is designed for anyone re-certifying their current WFR certification.The curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Special topics include, but are not limited to: CPR considerations (when not to start and when to stop), wilderness wound and burn management, clearing patients of spine and head trauma, athletic injuries, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long-term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, common simple medical problems, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all of our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications: Upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Responder. To stay current, you must repeat this course every three years. Additionally, a current CPR certification is required for a WFR certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$365.00

16 Seats Available

CPR / AED

April 26, 2024

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer CPR.  This course teaches Adult CPR/AED and Child basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and calling your emergency response number (or 911). It provides a training for designated first responders, individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements, or an entire workplace.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

This is a three-and-a-half-hour course and meets all workforce requirements for CPR.

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in Adult CPR/AED and Child CPR


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$95.00

16 Seats Available

First Aid

April 26, 2024

8:30pm - Immediately after the CPR Course

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer First Aid as a Blended Learning course that is designed to meet OSHA workforce regulations for First Aid. You must also sign up for an in-person CPR Course to gain certification. This is a two-part Blended Learning option to add 1st Aid to a CPR/AED certification. This is a self-directed online module followed by an in-person skills check. With purchase you will be provided the online module to be completed prior to the in-person skills check.

 

The course teaches basic first aid skills such as: making sure the scene is safe, first aid basics such as stopping bleeding that can be seen and helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, medical emergencies, and environmental emergencies. 

 

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in First Aid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$95.00

8 Seats Available

Wilderness First Aid

April 27 - 28, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

Wilderness First Aid is designed to meet the needs of first-aid training for anyone who works, travels, or spends time in rural or wilderness areas. This 16-hour course examines the role of outdoor professionals in wilderness medicine and the response, care and rescue of outdoor participants in non-urban environments. It provides intensive, in-depth training in the areas of patient assessment system, environmental injuries/ conditions, anaphylaxis, lifting/moving/extrication, patient carries, and backcountry medicine. The curriculum covers standards of care for trauma and medical patients for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Aid. To stay current, you must repeat this course every two years. CPR is a separate component that is necessary for a WFA certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$335.00

16 Seats Available

CPR / AED

May 10, 2024

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer CPR.  This course teaches Adult CPR/AED and Child basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and calling your emergency response number (or 911). It provides a training for designated first responders, individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements, or an entire workplace.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

This is a three-and-a-half-hour course and meets all workforce requirements for CPR.

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in Adult CPR/AED and Child CPR


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$95.00

16 Seats Available

First Aid

May 10, 2024

8:30pm - Skills Check - Immediately after the CPR Course

Location: Center for the Arts - Jackson, WY

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer First Aid as a Blended Learning course that is designed to meet OSHA workforce regulations for First Aid. You must also sign up for an in-person CPR Course to gain certification. This is a two-part Blended Learning option to add 1st Aid to a CPR/AED certification. This is a self-directed online module followed by an in-person skills check. With purchase you will be provided the online module to be completed prior to the in-person skills check.

 

The course teaches basic first aid skills such as: making sure the scene is safe, first aid basics such as stopping bleeding that can be seen and helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, medical emergencies, and environmental emergencies. 

 

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in First Aid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$95.00

16 Seats Available

Wilderness First Aid

May 11 - 12, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

Location: Center for the Arts - Jackson, WY

View Course Description

Wilderness First Aid (WFA) is one of the most popular medical courses for beginners and advanced users alike.  It creates a solid foundation in the basics of backcountry medical care and when taken in secession skills are reinforced.

Wilderness First Aid is designed to meet the needs of first-aid training for anyone who works, travels, or spends time in rural or wilderness areas. This 16-hour course examines the role of outdoor professionals in wilderness medicine and the response, care and rescue of outdoor participants in non-urban environments. It provides intensive, in-depth training in the areas of patient assessment system, environmental injuries/ conditions, anaphylaxis, lifting/moving/extrication, patient carries, and backcountry medicine. The curriculum covers standards of care for trauma and medical patients for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Aid. To stay current, you must repeat this course every two years. CPR is a separate component that is necessary for a WFA certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$335.00

16 Seats Available

CPR / AED

May 17, 2024

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer CPR.  This course teaches Adult CPR/AED and Child basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and calling your emergency response number (or 911). It provides a training for designated first responders, individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements, or an entire workplace.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

This is a three-and-a-half-hour course and meets all workforce requirements for CPR.

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in Adult CPR/AED and Child CPR


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$95.00

16 Seats Available

First Aid

May 17, 2024

8:30pm - Skills Check - Immediately after the CPR Course

View Course Description

As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer First Aid as a Blended Learning course that is designed to meet OSHA workforce regulations for First Aid. You must also sign up for an in-person CPR Course to gain certification. This is a two-part Blended Learning option to add 1st Aid to a CPR/AED certification. This is a self-directed online module followed by an in-person skills check. With purchase you will be provided the online module to be completed prior to the in-person skills check.

 

The course teaches basic first aid skills such as: making sure the scene is safe, first aid basics such as stopping bleeding that can be seen and helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, medical emergencies, and environmental emergencies. 

 

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in First Aid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$95.00

16 Seats Available

Wilderness First Responder Recertification

May 18 - 19, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

Location: Center for the Arts - Jackson, WY

View Course Description

Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is recognized as the industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors, mountain guides, river guides, and ski patrollers. This 16-hour module is designed for anyone re-certifying their current WFR certification.The curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Special topics include, but are not limited to: CPR considerations (when not to start and when to stop), wilderness wound and burn management, clearing patients of spine and head trauma, athletic injuries, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long-term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, common simple medical problems, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all of our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications: Upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Responder. To stay current, you must repeat this course every three years. Additionally, a current CPR certification is required for a WFR certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$365.00

15 Seats Available

Wilderness First Responder + BLS CPR

May 28 - June 6, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

This is an 8 day, 72-hour course - No class on the weekend

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Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is recognized as the industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors, mountain guides, river guides, and ski patrollers. This 72-hour course is perfect for anyone working in a position of leadership in an outdoor setting or for individuals who want a high level of wilderness medical training for extended personal backcountry trips or expedition.

Through the Biology of Spirit, our proprietary curriculum, we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

The curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Special topics include, but are not limited to: CPR considerations (when not to start and when to stop), wilderness wound and burn management, clearing patients of spine and head trauma, athletic injuries, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long-term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, common simple medical problems, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

Certifications: Upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Responder and American Heart Association (AHA) Healthcare Provider CPR.

Recertification: A WFR-R course must be completed every three years to maintain a valid WFR certification in addition to maintaining a valid CPR certification.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$995.00

16 Seats Available

CPR / AED

June 12, 2024

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

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As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer CPR.  This course teaches Adult CPR/AED and Child basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and calling your emergency response number (or 911). It provides a training for designated first responders, individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements, or an entire workplace.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

This is a three-and-a-half-hour course and meets all workforce requirements for CPR.

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in Adult CPR/AED and Child CPR


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$95.00

16 Seats Available

First Aid

June 12, 2024

8:30pm - Skills Check - Immediately after the CPR Course

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson WY

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As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer First Aid as a Blended Learning course that is designed to meet OSHA workforce regulations for First Aid. You must also sign up for an in-person CPR Course to gain certification. This is a two-part Blended Learning option to add 1st Aid to a CPR/AED certification. This is a self-directed online module followed by an in-person skills check. With purchase you will be provided the online module to be completed prior to the in-person skills check.

 

The course teaches basic first aid skills such as: making sure the scene is safe, first aid basics such as stopping bleeding that can be seen and helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, medical emergencies, and environmental emergencies. 

 

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in First Aid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$95.00

16 Seats Available

Wilderness First Aid

June 13 - 14, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

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Wilderness First Aid (WFA) is one of the most popular medical courses for beginners and advanced users alike.  It creates a solid foundation in the basics of backcountry medical care and when taken in secession skills are reinforced.

Wilderness First Aid is designed to meet the needs of first-aid training for anyone who works, travels, or spends time in rural or wilderness areas. This 16-hour course examines the role of outdoor professionals in wilderness medicine and the response, care and rescue of outdoor participants in non-urban environments. It provides intensive, in-depth training in the areas of patient assessment system, environmental injuries/ conditions, anaphylaxis, lifting/moving/extrication, patient carries, and backcountry medicine. The curriculum covers standards of care for trauma and medical patients for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Aid. To stay current, you must repeat this course every two years. CPR is a separate component that is necessary for a WFA certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$335.00

16 Seats Available

Wilderness First Responder Recertification

June 13 - 14, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

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Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is recognized as the industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors, mountain guides, river guides, and ski patrollers. This 16-hour module is designed for anyone re-certifying their current WFR certification.The curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Special topics include, but are not limited to: CPR considerations (when not to start and when to stop), wilderness wound and burn management, clearing patients of spine and head trauma, athletic injuries, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long-term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, common simple medical problems, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all of our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications: Upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Responder. To stay current, you must repeat this course every three years. Additionally, a current CPR certification is required for a WFR certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$365.00

16 Seats Available

CPR / AED

July 8, 2024

5:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

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As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer CPR.  This course teaches Adult CPR/AED and Child basic CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and calling your emergency response number (or 911). It provides a training for designated first responders, individuals needing credentialed training for job or regulatory requirements, or an entire workplace.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

This is a three-and-a-half-hour course and meets all workforce requirements for CPR.

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in Adult CPR/AED and Child CPR


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$95.00

16 Seats Available

First Aid

July 8, 2024

8:30pm - Skills Check - Immediacy after the CPR Course

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

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As an American Red Cross Licensed Provider, we offer First Aid as a Blended Learning course that is designed to meet OSHA workforce regulations for First Aid. You must also sign up for an in-person CPR Course to gain certification. This is a two-part Blended Learning option to add 1st Aid to a CPR/AED certification. This is a self-directed online module followed by an in-person skills check. With purchase you will be provided the online module to be completed prior to the in-person skills check.

 

The course teaches basic first aid skills such as: making sure the scene is safe, first aid basics such as stopping bleeding that can be seen and helping someone with a possible broken bone or sprain, medical emergencies, and environmental emergencies. 

 

Certifications: Upon completion students receive a 2-year certification in First Aid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$95.00

16 Seats Available

Wilderness First Aid

July 9 - 10, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

Wilderness First Aid (WFA) is one of the most popular medical courses for beginners and advanced users alike.  It creates a solid foundation in the basics of backcountry medical care and when taken in secession skills are reinforced.

Wilderness First Aid is designed to meet the needs of first-aid training for anyone who works, travels, or spends time in rural or wilderness areas. This 16-hour course examines the role of outdoor professionals in wilderness medicine and the response, care and rescue of outdoor participants in non-urban environments. It provides intensive, in-depth training in the areas of patient assessment system, environmental injuries/ conditions, anaphylaxis, lifting/moving/extrication, patient carries, and backcountry medicine. The curriculum covers standards of care for trauma and medical patients for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Aid. To stay current, you must repeat this course every two years. CPR is a separate component that is necessary for a WFA certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

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$335.00

16 Seats Available

Wilderness First Responder Recertification

July 9 - 10, 2024

9am - 6pm Daily

Location: Center for the Arts, Jackson, WY

View Course Description

Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is recognized as the industry standard for those who work as backcountry trip leaders, camp counselors, mountain guides, river guides, and ski patrollers. This 16-hour module is designed for anyone re-certifying their current WFR certification.The curriculum covers standards of care for urban situations with additional protocols for remote situations. Special topics include, but are not limited to: CPR considerations (when not to start and when to stop), wilderness wound and burn management, clearing patients of spine and head trauma, athletic injuries, realigning fractures and dislocations, improvised splinting techniques, patient monitoring and long-term management problems, up-to-date information on all environmental emergencies, common simple medical problems, plus advice on drug therapies. Emphasis is placed on prevention and decision-making.

As with all of our curriculum we incorporate a biological understanding of the nervous system’s intuitive and emotional workings and the importance of living a heart centered approach to life.

Certifications: Upon completion include: Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO) Wilderness First Responder. To stay current, you must repeat this course every three years. Additionally, a current CPR certification is required for a WFR certification to be valid.


Central Wyoming College – Jackson Outreach
240 S. Glenwood St. #124, Jackson, WY

View on Google Maps

$365.00

16 Seats Available