Hello adventurers!
If you are receiving this email, you have signed up for the Wilderness First Aid NYC mailing list to hear about new course offerings. We've got new courses at some of your favorite NYC locations and we’re hanging out with goats this fall!!
Upcoming Summer & Fall 2026 Courses:
Wilderness First Aid - 16 hours
July 25 - 26, 2026 (Saturday & Sunday)
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
BKLYN Commons & Prospect Park
495 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn NY, 11225
$385
Register Here
Wilderness First Aid - 16 hours
August 15 - 16, 2026 (Saturday & Sunday)
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Movement Gowanus Climbing Gym
242 Butler St, Brooklyn NY, 11217
$385
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Wilderness First Aid - 16 hours
September 12 - 13, 2026 (Saturday & Sunday)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Frederick Farm Goat Sanctuary*
12 Sholam Rd, Napanoch, NY 12458
$425 and includes dinner on Saturday night. There is free camping and a shared cabin onsite for an additional fee. Make an upstate weekend out of it!
Register Here
Wilderness First Aid - 16 hours
September 26 - 27, 2026 (Saturday & Sunday)
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Silver Sun Foundation
25 Chimney Rd, Woodstock, NY 12498
$385
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Wilderness First Aid - 18 hours
October 5 - November 9, 2026 (Mondays)
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Our House coworking space
23-71 31st St, Astoria NY, 11106
$385
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Wilderness First Aid (WFA) is a 16-hour introduction to wilderness medicine and basic life support skills. This is a hands-on, scenario-based training focused on prevention, assessment, and treatment of environmental illnesses, recognizing and stabilizing life threats caused by trauma, and calling for a rescue in the event of a wilderness emergency. WFA is ideal training for outdoor enthusiasts, camp counselors, and backcountry trip leaders, and includes CPR, AED, and Wilderness Anaphylaxis certifications. Our courses follow the industry standard curriculum set by the Wilderness Medicine Education Collaborative.
Ella Hartley (Lead Instructor and Founder of WFA NYC) has been an outdoor educator since 2014 in multiple capacities, primarily based out of Leadville, CO. She has worked as a mountaineering and backpacking instructor, staff trainer, and emergency on-call responder for the Colorado Outward Bound School, as well as a wilderness medicine instructor for Desert Mountain Medicine. In over a decade of leading personal and professional backcountry trips around the world, Ella has responded to many remote medical incidents and emergencies that inform how she prepares participants for their roles as responsible outdoor recreators, guides, and first responders. Ella has seen what can go wrong, and she has seen how effective these trainings can be for setting things right, even saving lives.
As of right now, we do not have any Wilderness First Responder (80 hr training) scheduled.
If you'd like to host a private course for your organization, school, or club, please reach out to [email protected].
