Episode 13: WTF is a WFR?

RAW Medicine by David Fifer

Dec 7, 202001:14:25Health

WFR (Wilderness First Responder) is arguably the nucleus of wilderness medicine education. But what does it really represent- first aid, Basic Life Support, or some kind of hybrid? Where did this curriculum originate, an...

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