1. Wilderness First Aid Slideshow Template
The following Slideshow is a Bare Bones template which covers the minimum information set by the 2010 WFA Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines.
This slideshow version was intended to be used as a minimalist alternative to our standard slideshow and can be used as a template for building a new slideshow to better suit the the instructor’s lecturing style.
Version 1 May 2018

2. Hypothermia and Frostbite
60 min
BSA Elective Class
BSA WFA Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines
Page(s) 29
ECSI Wilderness First Aid Field Guide
Page(s) and 81-84
ARC WRFA Emergency Reference Guide
Page(s) 59 and 90

3. Hypothermia and Frostbite
Objectives
Describe the mechanisms of heat loss versus heat gain.
Define hypothermia.
List the signs and symptoms of mild and severe hypothermia.
Demonstrate the emergency treatment of and describe the long-term care for mild and severe hypothermia.
Describe the prevention of hypothermia.
Describe situations that would require an evacuation versus a rapid evacuation.
Participants can read Course Objectives at home.
Prior to lecturing, instructors should review the most up to date Wilderness & Environmental Medicine (WEM) guidelines related to their talk:
Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite: 2014 Update December 2014
Out-of-Hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia: 2014 Update December 2014
WFA Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines
Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite: 2014 Update December 2014
Out-of-Hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia: 2014 Update December 2014

4. Hypothermia and Frostbite
Questions
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