WAFA- Wilderness Advanced First Aid with the HRR – Hualapai River Runners in Peach Springs, AZ
Abi and I drove the Sierra Rescue rig down through Nevada across the Colorado River at Hoover Dam and into Peach Springs, AZ for two weeks of wilderness advanced first aid (WAFA) and swiftwater rescue training with the Hualapai River Runners. We’ve been running trainings for the Hualapai for quite some time now, and its always good to get back to the big ditch.
The group showing off their hypo wraps
The group inside the warehouse, after arts and crafts with splints
All bundled up and warm in the hypo-wrap
That’s one way i wouldn’t advise reducing a shoulder
It was a great four days of WAFA (Wilderness Advanced First Aid Training). On the fourth day we finished the class with a big mass causality incident involving a simulated train vs buss collision. Trauma! Moulage! Fun! Students had to triage and figure out some difficult extractions from the broken down bus where we staged the scenario. Weather was great, a gave us the first taste of spring. Julie and Zach swapped places and Julie will join Abi along with a few flagstaff locals for the swiftwater rescue portion of the course which will involve 2 days of on-site training and a downriver overnight from Diamond Creek to Pierce Ferry. Load up those big blue pontoons and have a some fun!