Your version of a bad day
- Lunch, bee, epi in a pack. Hives at two minutes, a wheeze at five, and the auto-injector is somewhere in the group gear. Knowing where the epi lives is a before-lunch decision.
- The bouldering fall. A scout puts a hand out and the wrist goes wrong. Splint it, check the fingers before and after, and keep the rest of the group led.
- The quiet camper. The Type 1 kid is sweaty, confused, and insists he’s fine. If he can swallow, sugar now — the window closes fast.
Start here
All 15 lessons are worth your time, but this order front-loads what your world serves up:
- Anaphylaxis — epi first, early — the youth-group emergency
- Musculoskeletal Injuries — playground physics, backcountry consequences
- Medical Emergencies — diabetes, asthma, and known conditions on your roster
- Provider Safety — the scene habits kids copy
- Evacuation — groups, messengers, and never sending one kid anywhere alone
Then pressure-test it
Interactive scenarios — one decision at a time, tempting mistakes included, debrief at the end:
- Find the Epi — the search you don’t want to be doing at minute five
- Wiggle, Feel, Warm — the FOOSH wrist, start to finish
- Sugar First — the known diabetic, going down
The certification question, honestly. “Wilderness First Aid” isn’t a regulated credential. No government body defines what a WFA card means — it means whatever the company that printed it says it means. What counts in front of a patient is whether you can do the work. This course teaches the work, free, and issues a record of completion — not a certificate, and we won’t pretend otherwise. If your organization — a scouting council, school, or camp — requires certified training from an approved provider, that requirement stands; check with them first. Use this to arrive prepared and stay sharp between renewals. If nobody requires you to hold a card, what you need are the skills, not the laminate.
What this is
Fifteen lessons, a 40-question knowledge check, sixteen practice scenarios, a printable field reference card, and a kit checklist. Free, no account, nothing recorded about you, source on GitHub. It teaches decision-making, not hands-on skill — practice the hands-on parts on a real, padded, complaining friend.