Professional Certificate in Backcountry Survival Essentials
-- ViewingNowProfessional Certificate in Backcountry Survival Essentials: This certificate course is designed to equip learners with critical survival skills necessary for backcountry adventures and professional advancement. With a focus on hands-on training and real-world application, the course covers essential topics such as navigation, first aid, shelter building, fire making, and procurement of water and food.
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• Navigation Techniques: Map reading, compass use, GPS navigation, landmark identification, and route planning. • Emergency Shelters: Building snow caves, lean-tos, debris huts, and other survival shelters using natural materials and tools. • Fire-making Skills: Creating fires with matches, lighters, flint and steel, and alternative methods, as well as fire safety and smoke signal creation. • Water Purification: Locating water sources, understanding natural indicators of clean water, and using purification methods like boiling, filtration, and chemical treatments. • Signaling for Help: Signaling techniques using mirrors, flares, fires, and other visual signals, as well as creating audible signals using whistles, horns, or improvised tools. • Food Procurement: Fishing, trapping, hunting, and foraging techniques, as well as knowledge of edible and medicinal plants. • Survival Kits: Creating and customizing personal survival kits, understanding essential items, and proper kit organization. • Hypothermia and Frostbite Prevention: Recognizing signs and symptoms, first aid treatment, and methods to prevent hypothermia and frostbite. • Survival Psychology: Managing fear, anxiety, and depression during survival situations, decision-making under stress, and maintaining a positive attitude. • Wilderness First Aid: Basic first aid skills, including wound care, splinting, and rescue carries, as well as understanding when and how to call for help.
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