Hybrid Wilderness First Responder Initial Certification (1:1)
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Course Details
Available: Oct 15–Oct 28, 2026 | Ville Platte, LA, USA
70 Hours: 35 Online + 35 In-Person
LISTING ID: L5141
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 Brian Regan.
Brian Regan is a licensed Paramedic and Wilderness EMT with 40 years of experience.
He also teaches Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support, Advanced Medical Life Support, EMS Safety, All Hazards Disaster Response, Wilderness First Aid, Wilderness First Responder, Backpacking Medicine, Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Life Support.
He is an instructor trainer for AHA, American Red Cross, Health and Safety Institute, and Affiliate Faculty for NAEMT. He also teaches Industrial Medicine and is a Louisiana and Texas Certified Paramedic Instructor.
He is an avid backpacker, hiker, and fisherman.
