$575.00 (VAT included). Included in the course fee are the NOLS Wilderness Medicine Wilderness Handbook, a patient assessment bandana, NOLS Wilderness Medicine WAFA or WFR & Epinepherine certification and CPR certification. Food and lodging are not included in your price.

We ask for full payment to reserve a spot on the course. Payment can be made to Crossing Latitudes. We can also invoice you. Please read our cancellation policies below before you sign up.

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All students are required to submit a photocopy of their WAFA or WFR certification card on the first day of the course. This course is open to WAFA’s and WFR’s from any organisation where a WAFA was at least 40 hours and a WFR was at least 70 hours. It is your responsibility to make sure your WAFA / WFR certification meets this standard. If you are unsure, please contact NOLS Wilderness Medicine before enrolling in a course and review the recertification portion of our website: https://www.nols.edu/en/courses/wilderness-medicine/recertify/

You can also email info@crossinglatitudes.com and we will try to help you out.

NOLS Wilderness Medicine WFR grads have a “re-entry year” which means you have a one-year period after your expiration date to recertify. You can not call yourself a WFR during the “re-entry year” but if you recertify and pass the exams before the end of your “re-entry year” you receive full WFR status again. This course will also recertify the wilderness portion of those holding a valid WEMT.

After successful completion you will receive a NOLS Wilderness Medicine WAFA or WFR, Epinepherine and CPR certification.

If you hold a current WFR certification from any other wilderness medicine organization with less than a 70-hour

certification, you will receive a letter of course completion in lieu of a NOLS Wilderness Medicine WFR certification.

This letter of completion may allow you to recertify with your original certifying organization. You must contact that organization prior to your NOLS Wilderness Medicine course to ensure that our course will meet their requirements for recertification.

Please contact us if you are unsure whether you are eligible to take this WFR-R course or not.

Meals and lodging is not included in the WFR-R course fee. Flåm Camping & Hostel support our courses and they offer both private and shared rooms and great cabins.

Contact Flåm Camping & Hostel and mention that you are taking the NOLS WFR-R course and you will receive a 15% discount on the rooms and cabins. There is a nice commons room and a great kitchen available where you can socialize with other participants and cook your meals. Grocery stores and restaurants are with in 10 minutes walking distance. The Flåm Camping & Hostel is only 10-15 minute’s walk from our classroom.

No discount is given for pitching a tent at the Campground. There is NO discount if you book on booking.com or other similar websites. Book your room/cabin by contacting: camping@flaam-camping.no Phone: +47 57 63 21 21

Sharing a room with 4 other folks (4 beds) with bath and shower costs approximately NOK 375: - per night per person (towel and bedding included). Solo rooms cost more.

You are of course welcome to stay elsewhere in Flåm or nearby communities.

This three-day WFR-R course is taught in English. The course can be used as a WAFA recert as well.

We start our WFR-R course Friday May 9th at 08:00. We will have class until 18:00 with a few short breaks and an hour lunch. The same schedule – 08:00 to 18:00 goes for Saturday and Sunday as well.

Do we need this?

Expect dynamic instructors with lots of international Backcountry and Emergency experience. Expect to spend lots of time outside with realistic scenarios. Expect feedback from your instructors daily. There will be intense but rewarding days. We have fun on NOLS Wilderness Medicine courses while learning about very serious topics.

You can expect a curriculum that is evidence-based, not just copied out of a textbook. We teach wilderness medicine practices and protocols that are supported by a physician-based medical advisory panel and disseminated by our curriculum director. This means you're getting the latest findings and protocols in the industry.

We expect you to be on time each day. We expect you to come prepared each morning. We expect you to be respectful of other participants and our staff – both in the classroom and during our scenarios outside. We do not accept any kind of harassment. We expect you to take good care of our equipment. We hope you will ask us if you don’t understand.

We ask that all participants’ cell phones and computers will be turned off during class time. No smoking during our class time (which includes outside scenario time).

Smoking and alcohol are not allowed on site during the course hours. Pets are not allowed at the teaching site during course hours. Any student bringing pets to class will be asked to leave class until the pet is safely situated – inless it is a service animal. If you have a service dog, please contact us before signing up.

Please see the suggested personal clothing and equipment list below. NOLS Wilderness Medicine will bring medical equipment and outdoor gear for setting up realistic scenarios. After the course we sell NOLS Wilderness Medicine first aid kits, books and first aid materials.

Expect the best but be prepared for the worst! Spring in Norway can crazy!

• Day pack with extra layers (sweater, socks, long johns)

• Outdoor clothing that will keep you warm and dry in all conditions

• Rain jacket & pants

• Hiking boots or waterproof boots

• Indoor shoes (sneakers or sandals – the floor can be a bit cold)

• Scarf, hat, gloves

• Towel and personal toiletries

• Thermos, personal mug, water bottle, head lamp, pen and paper

• Sunglasses or protective eyewear

Topics during the WFR-Refresher course includes:

• Infection Control

• Patient Assessment System

• Documentaion and Medical Leagal issues

• Spinal Cord Injuries

• Head Injuries

• Chest Injuries

• Shock

• Wound Management

• Athletic Injuries & Dislocations

• Fracture Management

• Cold & Heat Related problems

• Altitude Illness

• Cardiac, Respiratory and Neurological Emergencies

• Abdominal Emergencies

• Mental Health Emergencies

• CPR

NOLS Wilderness Medicine is proud to be a Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS) accredited organization. Current EMTs are eligible to receive 18 hours CEU hours for their NOLS Wilderness Medicine WFR Recert course. Please bring a photocopy of your current EMT card(s) with you to your course.

The Wilderness Medicine goal is to provide the highest quality education and information for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of wilderness emergencies. NOLS Wilderness Medicine (https://nols.edu/en/courses/wilderness-medicine/) is the most recognized and respected teacher of wilderness medicine, training over 600,000 students around the world. At NOLS Wilderness Medicine, students learn treatment principles and decision-making skills, not the memorization of long lists. Our courses are rigorous and intensive. They will challenge your decision-making skills and they will get you ready. NOLS Wilderness Medicine is an internationally recognized program that trains participants to respond to emergencies in remote settings.

Flåm is a 335 km drive to Oslo (via the RV 50/R7) and is 166 km from Bergen. Make sure you have a car that drives well on winter roads. You will have to drive over some high mountain passes to reach Flåm. More spectacular views are hard to find but the roads can be challenging as well.

Take the Bergen Railway between Oslo and Bergen to Myrdal station and change there for the Flåm Railway. The Bergen Railway crosses the Hardangervidda (Hardanger Plateau), 1237 meters above sea level, and is one of the most spectacular main railway lines in Europe.

There are several busses to Flåm each day from Oslo or Bergen. The bus is usually less expensive compared to the train. The “Sogn bus” has several daily departures and takes approx. 3 hours from Bergen to Flåm. You can find the correct bus route from your departure point to Flåm at NOR-WAY express bus and Fjord1.

The Norled Express Boat departs once daily from Bergen to Flåm. Departure is from Bergen Strandkai Terminal around 08:00 and return to Bergen around 15.30. The trip takes approximately five and a half hours.

Course fee in full is required to reserve your spot in the course. The course fee is nontransferable.

Payment goes to Crossing Latitudes account described above. We can also invoice you. See info above.

If a student cancels or withdraws from a course for any reason: Greater than or equal to 7 days prior to the course starting date, Crossing Latitudes will retain an administrative fee of USD $150.00.

Within 7 days of the course start date and once the course has begun, Crossing Latitudes will retain an administrative fee of USD $300.00. After the course has started there is no refund.

If Crossing Latitudes or NOLS Wilderness Medicine must cancel the course, we will refund you the full course fee.

We highly recommend that you protect yourself by buying travel insurance. Crossing Latitudes or NOLS Wilderness Medicine are not responsible for unused tickets, lodging or other expenses you have purchased if the course gets cancelled or you cancel the course.