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Wilderness, austere medicine & first aid certifications & continuing education courses.

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Hybrid Wilderness First Responder Initial Certification (1:1)

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Course Details

Available: Oct 15–Oct 28, 2026 | Pittsfield, MA, USA

70 Hours: 35 Online + 35 In-Person

Starts at: $1500

LISTING ID: L5133

Course Description

Overview

The most efficient Wilderness First Responder initial certification available: one-on-one or small group wilderness medicine training on YOUR schedule!
Best if you’re on an urgent timeline, can't wait for a public class, want to train with your own group, or want personalized instruction.
Hybrid format combines self-paced online study with in-person scenarios and skills training with an authorized Survival Med instructor.

How It Works

  • Contact your instructor directly
  • Coordinate a convenient time, date, and location
  • Get your price
  • Complete the self-paced online course
  • Complete in-person training
  • Same-day certificate download!

Includes

  • Two-year Wilderness First Responder initial certification
  • Free Wilderness EMT upgrade if you have a current state EMS license or NREMT certification
  • Two years of course access
  • 35 hours of self-paced online training
  • 35 hours of in-person scenarios and hands-on skills practice led by a Survival Med-authorized instructor
  • Free downloadable textbooks
  • Free monthly wilderness and austere medicine webinars

Meet Your Training Team

This course is offered by Joshua Weeks.

Josh Weeks is a certified instructor in Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness First Aid, Red Cross and American Heart Association BLS and First Aid. Josh is a member of Berkshire Mountain Search and Rescue, The Massachusetts Appalachian Trail Management Committee. He is an Adjunct Faculty member at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in the Pre Health Professions. A former High School Health and Physical Education teacher, EMT and Lifeguard.

Joshua Weeks