First Aid and Beyond

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According to the National Institutes of Health: "Evidence suggests that online training can be as effective as face-to-face training for medical education". Now, it must be clearly understood that medical education develops knowledge, and hands-on skills require hands-on practice. But for people who want to establish a foundational medical knowledge, online training is one possible choice.

Some options for on-line first aid training include:

You Are the Help Until Help Arrives https://community.fema.gov/until-help-arrives
Life-threatening emergencies can happen fast and emergency responders aren’t always nearby. You may be able to save a life by taking simple actions immediately. "You Are the Help Until Help Arrives" is a short on-line course from FEMA that can help you be more prepared to respond to an emergency situation.

Stop the Bleed https://stopthebleed.usuhs.edu/ is on-line training from the National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health. No matter how rapid the arrival of professional emergency responders, bystanders will always be first on the scene. A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes, so quickly stopping the bleeding is critical. Those nearest to someone with life threatening injuries are best positioned to provide immediate care if they are equipped with the appropriate training and resources.

Austere First Aid - The Prepared ($119) https://theprepared.com/courses/first-aid/

Applied Anatomy & Physiology and Wilderness Medicine Course ($275) https://www.wildmedcenter.com/course-descriptions.html#anatomy

Basic Wilderness First Aid Course (Online) - University of Colorado ($95) https://www.coloradowm.org/courses/public/basic-wilderness-first-aid-course-online/

Basic First Aid Skills (Free) https://www.americanbls.com/courses/online-first-aid-course/

Become an EMT University of Colorado System (Coursera) https://www.coursera.org/specializations/become-an-emt EMT Medical and Trauma Emergency Care. Gain the skills needed to provide first responder emergency. - This course goes beyond basic first aid, but may be of interest to individuals wanting additional medical training.

Crisis Medicine https://www.crisis-medicine.com/online-courses/ 

Deployed Medicine https://deployedmedicine.com/ is a platform used by the Defense Health Agency to trial new innovative learning models aimed at improving readiness and performance of deployed military medical personnel. Courses, guidelines, and fieldguides can be downloaded from this web-site for individual study.

Kessler Burn Care Course (2-hours) https://www.nylearnsph.com/Public/Catalog/

Vital Signs: Understanding What the Body Is Telling Us - Coursera - https://www.coursera.org/learn/vital-signs  The vital signs – heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, respiration rate, and pain – communicate important information about the physiological status of the human body. In this six-part course we explore the anatomy and physiology underlying the vital signs so that you will develop a systematic, integrated understanding of how the body functions. Relevant body systems are reviewed including cardiovascular and respiratory, followed by explanations of how the function of these systems affects vital signs. We discuss normal ranges, normal variants, and the mechanisms that underlie changes in the objective measurement of vital signs. The course also includes demonstrations of appropriate techniques for measuring vital signs in yourself and others.

Wilderness Medicine Foundations ($55) https://www.base-medical.com/

You could also download the Army Medical Correspondence Courses and work through each course to enhance your medical knowledge. While participation in the US Army correspondence course program is limited to military personnel, the correspondence course material itself is available to the general public; and we believe it is a useful resource for any person interested in survival and self-reliance. https://cascadiasurvivalist.blogspot.com/2022/03/us-army-medical-correspondence-courses.html

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