Questions about Wilderness First aid Classes

[jcousino]

I need help to Understand how councils are doing the 16 hour wfa BSA class in under 8 hours 

I have been teaching this class back from the days That it came out of NC Chapter of the ARC

I currently teach across several agencies and I am wonder with out requiring a 8 hour online part first how groups are going it in only 8 hours

ECSi lists an 8 hour basic course but it does not need the BSA 16 course requirements or has this just move like a lot of thing lets just check the box off and hope nothing happens

PS they offer cpr in 45 minutes that what their program lists

John

[Jameson76]

The two I have taken were structured as follows

4 hours during a weeknight

8 - 9 hours of on-site on a Saturday

3 -4 hours participant study and review of materials before the weeknight and on-site

[InquisitiveScouter]

There is an 8-hour ECSI WFA refresher course.  It does not count for BSA WFA.

BSA has issued a WFA curriculum:

https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/680-008.pdf

And ESCI and BSA have an agreement that the BSA course is 16 hours....

https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/training/ecsi/

https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/training/wilderness-fa/

There are two options for completing the 16-hour requirement: all classroom, or blended 8-hour online and 8-hour classroom. 

I have taught both courses.  I prefer the full 16-hour in-person course.  In fact, I do not offer the blended course any more.  I'll explain why if you'd like to know...

If someone is teaching an 8-hour course only, and marking it as sufficient for BSA, then I believe they are wrong.  Of course, who is watching or checking at the council level??

 

Edited November 18, 2022 by InquisitiveScouter

[jcousino]

thanks that what i thought it should be.