SOLO Schools Africa

SOLO Schools Africa The leader in Wilderness Medicine, now in Africa. Wilderness First Aid courses for all levels.

When you’re hours away from help… you ARE the help.Join SOLO Africa for our upcoming Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course i...
14/05/2026

When you’re hours away from help… you ARE the help.

Join SOLO Africa for our upcoming Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course in Nairobi!

Over two hands-on days, you’ll learn how to:
👉🏿 Assess patients in remote environments
👉🏿 Manage trauma & medical emergencies
👉🏿 Treat environmental exposure (heat, cold, altitude)
👉🏿 Make evacuation decisions with confidence

📍 Brackenhurst Conference and Retreat Center, Nairobi
📅 June 13–14, 2026
🎓 Internationally recognized certification
⚠️ Limited spots available

If you spend time outdoors, lead trips, guide safaris, run expeditions, or operate in remote areas… This training is for you! 🫵🏿

Register via the link or scan the QR on the flyer.

A huge THANK YOU to every student who showed up ready to learn, challenge themselves, work as a team, and step up for th...
11/05/2026

A huge THANK YOU to every student who showed up ready to learn, challenge themselves, work as a team, and step up for the safety of our outdoor community here in Kenya.

Every new person trained in Wilderness First Aid means safer mountains, safer trails, safer expeditions, and more people prepared to help when things go wrong. Together, we are building a stronger culture of prevention, preparedness, and care in the outdoors. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿

Over this 2-day course, we didn’t just learn theory, we put it into practice through realistic scenarios, teamwork, problem solving, and hands-on skills. From preventing and treating hypothermia, to managing broken bones, spinal injuries, environmental emergencies, patient assessments, evacuation decisions, and critical thinking under pressure, every exercise reinforced the importance of staying calm, capable, and prepared in remote environments.

Emergencies can happen anywhere, but knowledge, preparation, and teamwork can save lives. The more people who carry these skills into the mountains, the more we protect not only ourselves, but each other!

Thank you again to everyone who trusted us with your training, including the guides at and . We’re inspired by your commitment to learning and to making the outdoors safer for all.

See you at the next SOLO Africa Wilderness First Aid course! 🌍⛰️🫀

You’ve checked the scene. You’ve done your primary assessment. The patient is stable. ✅Now what?This is where the second...
05/05/2026

You’ve checked the scene. You’ve done your primary assessment. The patient is stable. ✅

Now what?

This is where the secondary assessment comes in — a deeper, more detailed check to uncover injuries or issues that aren’t immediately obvious.

Imagine you’re hiking on Mt. Kenya. Someone slips on loose scree and twists their ankle. They’re in pain, but alert. No major bleeding. It’s easy to think “Oh, it’s just a sprain”.

But during your secondary assessment, you go head-to-toe, check their vital signs and ask questions about their past medical history.

👉🏾 That’s when they mention they have diabetes… And they haven’t eaten much… And they missed their insulin dose…

Now the situation shifts.

⚠️ What looked like a simple orthopedic injury could also involve a blood sugar issue, something that can quickly become serious if missed.

So your priorities expand: monitor symptoms, manage the ankle, think about nutrition, sugar levels, and whether evacuation is needed.

That’s the power of the secondary assessment, catching what isn’t obvious at first glance.

In wilderness settings, small details matter. Because when help is far away, your ability to notice, assess, and decide becomes your most important tool.

⛑️ Follow us and sign up to our upcoming Wilderness First Aid course to learn more life-saving skills.

29/04/2026

Ankle sprains take longer to heal than most people expect… and it’s not just about how “bad” the injury was.

It’s because of the tissue involved.

The ligaments on the outside of your ankle have limited blood supply, which means less oxygen and fewer nutrients reach the area, slowing down the repair process. That’s why recovery can take weeks to months, even for “mild” sprains.

Even when pain and swelling go down, the ankle is often still weak, unstable, and lacking proper proprioception (your body’s sense of position). This is why ankle sprains have such a high re-injury rate, especially in outdoor environments where terrain is uneven and unpredictable.

At SOLO Africa, we see this all the time in hikers, guides, and outdoor professionals. Knowing how to manage injuries in the field (and how to rehab them properly) can make the difference between a full recovery and a recurring problem.

What actually helps recovery:
🦶🏾Progressive loading (don’t just rest forever)
🦶🏾Strengthening (especially peroneals + calf complex)
🦶🏾Balance and stability work
🦶🏾Gradual return to impact (running, jumping, uneven terrain)

If you only wait for the pain to go away and then go back to normal, you’re likely to sprain it again.

Rehab it properly, not just quickly!

👉🏾 If you spend time in the outdoors, learning how to prevent and manage injuries is essential.

Have you ever re-sprained the same ankle?

When it comes to Wilderness First Aid, remember: You don’t need a medical background to make a real difference.Most emer...
15/04/2026

When it comes to Wilderness First Aid, remember: You don’t need a medical background to make a real difference.

Most emergencies in the outdoors can be prevented (or made far less severe) by people who know how to recognize risk early, make safer decisions, and respond calmly when something goes wrong.

If an emergency happens in the mountains, start with the basics:

🔺 Check for danger first: Don’t become the next casualty.
🔺 Make the scene safe: Move the group away from hazards if possible.
🔺 Check responsiveness & breathing: Is the person conscious and breathing normally?
🔺 Call for help early: Don’t wait! Activate emergency services or evacuation procedures.
🔺 Give clear information: Location, what happened, number of injured, condition.
🔺 Keep the person warm & calm: Prevent shock while you wait for help.
🔺 Do only what you are trained to do: Simple actions done well save lives!

Even these simple steps can drastically change outcomes in remote environments.

This is exactly why we train Wilderness First Aid at SOLO Africa: because in the mountains, the first responder is often you. 🫵🏿

Save this for your next adventure (though we truly hope you never need it).

Research consistently shows that active, hands-on learning dramatically improves retention. 👉🏿 Some studies suggest we r...
23/02/2026

Research consistently shows that active, hands-on learning dramatically improves retention.

👉🏿 Some studies suggest we remember as little as 10-20% of what we hear in a lecture, but up to 70-90% of what we actively practice. That’s the difference between “I think I remember” and “I know what to do.”

And in emergency situations, especially in the wilderness, this difference matters!

That’s why we simulate, we repeat, we make it feel real. We hope you never find yourself in this kind of situation, but if you do, that you feel confident and ready to respond and help others or yourself.

If you spend time hiking, climbing, guiding, or working in remote areas, this is the kind of preparation that changes outcomes.

‼️ You can now register to our upcoming Wilderness First Aid course on March 7-8 in Nairobi. Check the link in our bio for more info or directly at bit.ly/3ZDHKkt

Most emergencies outdoors don’t happen in dramatic ways. They start small. A stumble. A headache. An “I’m fine.”Out ther...
19/02/2026

Most emergencies outdoors don’t happen in dramatic ways. They start small.

A stumble.
A headache.
An “I’m fine.”

Out there, the difference isn’t just medical knowledge - it’s awareness. Knowing what to look for. Knowing when something isn’t right. Knowing when to act.

That’s why we teach close to the terrain, not far from it. Because context changes everything in wilderness medicine.

If you spend time outdoors, these are skills worth having.

👉🏿 Next Wilderness First Aid course coming up on March 7-8. Register on the link in our bio.

When you’re hours from help… you ARE the help.Join SOLO Africa for our upcoming Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course in Nai...
12/02/2026

When you’re hours from help… you ARE the help.

Join SOLO Africa for our upcoming Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course in Nairobi!

Over two hands-on days, you’ll learn how to:
👉🏿 Assess patients in remote environments
👉🏿 Manage trauma & medical emergencies
👉🏿 Treat environmental exposure (heat, cold, altitude)
👉🏿 Make evacuation decisions with confidence

✅ This course also serves as a WFR Recertification (includes an additional 3rd field day for eligible WFR holders within the grace period).

📍 Brackenhurst Conference and Retreat Center, Nairobi
📅 March 7–8, 2026
🎓 Internationally recognized certification
⚠️ Limited spots available

If you spend time outdoors, lead trips, guide safaris, run expeditions, or operate in remote areas… This training is for you! 🫵🏿

Register via the link or scan the QR on the flyer.

This is what learning looks like when it’s hands-on, realistic, and a little uncomfortable (in the best way).During our ...
29/01/2026

This is what learning looks like when it’s hands-on, realistic, and a little uncomfortable (in the best way).

During our Wilderness First Aid courses, students don’t just talk about patient assessment, spinal precautions, or bleeding control… They practice them on real people, in real terrain, under realistic pressure!

These scenarios build more than skills: They build calm, teamwork, communication, and the confidence to step in and help when someone is hurt and help is far away.

If you spend time hiking, climbing, guiding, working outdoors, or exploring remote places, Wilderness First Aid isn’t an extra, it’s a responsibility. ‼️

Learn how to respond when it matters most! 👇🏿
Follow us and join the next SOLO Wilderness First Aid course with 🌍🩺

Wilderness First Aid with the rangers, anti-poaching team, and staff of the Mara Conservancy. ⛑️Our courses are adapted ...
26/01/2026

Wilderness First Aid with the rangers, anti-poaching team, and staff of the Mara Conservancy. ⛑️

Our courses are adapted to the context and real-life situations that our students face. In this case, we spent a good amount of time practicing how to stop bleeding, using the tools on hand, under pressure, replicating scenarios that have actually happened in the field.

This isn’t about memorizing steps. It’s about building the skills and confidence to act when it matters, knowing help might be far away and the decisions you make count.

This is Wilderness First Aid as it’s meant to be taught: practical, realistic, and rooted in real life.

Thank you, Mara Conservancy, for your trust! We are more motivated than ever to keep on sharing this valuable knowledge to as many people as posible to keep on making the wild safer, together! 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿

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