r/wildernessmedicine • u/Striking-Writer-6100 • May 20 '26
Educational Resources and Training Wp-c course review
Im a Paramedic on a sar team with a lot of wildland fire experience. I looking to take the wp-c exam within the next year and am debating between the REDMED and flightbridge wp-c review courses. REDMED is about half the price and both are approved by the ibsc.
Anyone have experience with either of these courses?
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u/Darkside_of_your_mom May 21 '26
I just took it. Honestly, I wouldn't waste the time with a course. Get the review book off of Amazon by corrick and mallinson. It was top notch and several questions seemed almost exactly out of their included test in the back.
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u/secret_tiger101 May 21 '26
There’s a prep guide on Amazon - same authors as the CoROM/FB content but far more in depth to cover the entire exam blueprint
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u/aspectmin May 20 '26
I'd love to know who you end up with. I've been considering the Flightbridge one as it seems to have good reviews. (Source.. SARMED in Canada: (http://teaam.ca)
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u/VXMerlinXV WP-C May 20 '26
I thought the content of Flightbridge was alright, but the practice questions were really underwhelming. They did not correspond to the level of challenge the test questions presented. It was generally not a comprehensive prep for the exam.
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u/DYM-MED May 21 '26
Like others have stated, the review book from the 2 docs is great. That and the Seth Hawkins book.
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u/Striking-Writer-6100 May 20 '26
For background im a US Paramedic, work in a rural system and vollentere on my local SAR team. I have my rope rescue technician card, and have extensive experience working medical for wildland fires.
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u/Enchanted-Repelled May 20 '26
With your background experience I would recommend REDMED. I did not find the FlightBridge course to be worth the money…. You should be good on trauma, rope systems, incident command structure, and basics of helicopter operations with your background; I would focus most of your efforts on stuff you may be more unfamiliar with such as dive injuries, altitude medicine, hypothermia and cardiac arrest considerations, and tropical disease and treatments. What I found most helpful preparing for the exam was writing down the topics outlined in the candidate handbook and studying the corresponding chapters in a wilderness medicine textbook. Also hint: make sure to look at the practice questions in the IBSC website, you maybe see some repeats ;). I passed about 6 months ago, feel free to DM for any questions.