r/wildernessmedicine

Hi all! SAR guy here. I just have basic WFA right now (we get WFA-level training for free on the team as part of our initial training).

This year, our DEM is offering us an optional WFR course through one of the myriad curricula out there. While not free, it's pretty reasonably priced (think 1/2-1/3 the price of, say, NOLS) for a hybrid course.

I'm interested in taking WFR, then doing a WFR-to-EMR bridge course. Unfortunately, the curriculum provider our DEM is using offers no such course. Could I get WFR certified through this provider and use that cert. as the basis to take NOLS' bridge course, or is NOLS going to tell me I have to buy their WFR course, as well?

Thanks in advance!