Vann;<br><br>The Saint John Ambulance courses are only available in Canada, as far as I know. There is (or was) a Saint John Ambulance in the USA but I believe it is purely a fund-raising charitable group. <br>Not every Saint John Ambulance section in Canada offers the courses, either (unfortunately) and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get enough students to make it worthwhile running the course. (Most of the courses we run here in Calgary are commissioned by the oil companies and survey companies, who need to train their personnel who are going out into the boonies.) We make sure to work in at least 4 practical scenarios over the course of a weekend, and we use the rescue carries portion to break up the (necessary) classroom work. (That, of course, is in addition to the hands-on practice in basic First Aid that the student is expected to have as a pre-requisite.)<br><br>There's a list of schools on Doug's main site that offer Wilderness First Aid training, if that's what you're after.<br><br>I'd also be interested in hearing any thoughts you have on how the book could be improved, if you think it could. Feel free to e-mail me directly; add "@telusplanet.net" to my username, aardwolfe.