The University of Florida, in Gainseville, FL, puts on a WIlderness First Aid Course. It is $75 (including the manual) for 2 days. It is held at Lake Wauburg (which I believe it is on their campus).

The next two sessions are February 7 and 8, 2004; and April 3 and 4, 2004. You can mail payments to:

UF Student Health Care Center
Attn: Jon Duff
PO BOX 117500
Gainesville, FL 32608
(352) 392-1161 x4283

I don't remember who actually sponsors the program, its a nationally recognized group. You can call and find out.

I'm not affiliated with the school or the group, only posting as I am going to register for the February dates, and I've seen a few posts regarding where to get Wilderness First Aid courses.

Gerald

Edited to change title to include City and State.

Just out of curiosity, I'll be interested to hear your opinions on the course. The web site doesn't mention any pre-requisites (the Saint John Ambulance courses either require a current Standard First Aid certificate, or combine the two courses into a 3-day course). This looks more like a Standard Red Cross course with a couple of wilderness first aid components added in.

http://www.health.ufl.edu/shcc/cpr/wilderness.htm

I'm not trying to discourage you; for $75 and two full days of instruction, it looks like a pretty good deal. But it doesn't look significantly different from a regular first aid course, to me. So I'll be curious to see what your impressions are.

According to the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club (where I first saw this course mentioned), it is put on by the "American Health and Safety Institute".

http://florida.sierraclub.org/suncoast/outings.html (See Dec. 6)

American Health and Safety Institute:
http://www.ashinstitute.com/

According to their site, the class I'm taking "Advanced Wilderness First Aid" on the UF site, is listed as "Wilderness First Aid" on AHSI's site:

Wilderness First Aid is a 16-20 hour course for those who do more serious wilderness activities. It is the choice of many wilderness trip leaders and guides. WFA presents wilderness topics in more detail, provides more time for skills practice, and also includes role-playing wilderness accident scenarios.

I recently took the Red Cross's first aid course, and that was _very_ basic. I've learned more elsewhere but am not certified to do any of those things.

I'll let everyone know what I thought after I'm done!