KANA's Emergency Medical Services Program coordinates a variety of emergency skills training and refresher courses throughout the year. Whether you need to renew your certification for your job, or simply want to be more prepared to respond while living and playing in the Alaska wilderness, we have the class for you.

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Emergency classes include but are not limited to:

• Basic Life Saving (BLS) and CPR

• Stop the Bleed

• Babysitter First Aid

• Emergency Trauma Technician (ETT) 40-hour initial & 20-hour refresher

• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) initial Levels 1, 2, 3 and refresher courses

• Emergency Wilderness Medicine

We also support training for our village response teams (VRTs), healthcare providers, USCG Fire & Rescue, Kodiak Fire Department, Bayside Fire Department, and more.

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Visit our Events page for a listing of current classes available.

Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care.

Classes are offered quarterly. Check out our  Events page  for upcoming trainings or Contact Us to get put on the waitlist.

KANA's Emergency Medical Services Program coordinates a variety of injury prevention courses throughout the year.  Everything from pain prevention, backcountry preparedness, ATV safety, and more are included. 

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Injury Prevention classes may include:

• Kids Don't Float

• Bear Safety

• Wilderness Safety

• Back Pain Prevention Clinic

• Shoulder Pain Prevention Clinic

• ATV Safety

• Bicycle Safety

• Mental Health First Aid

• Question. Persuade. Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training

• Harm Reduction Classes (to prevent overdose-related injury and death)

Have you wanted to stop using tobacco but aren't sure where to start or how to create a cessation plan?  Visit Alaska's Tobacco Quit Line website for all sorts of support resources.  Best of all, it's confidential and FREE!

AWBW’s trauma informed art workshops offer a process of self-expression, self-exploration, and self-interpretation.  Unlike art therapy, there is no therapist or other authority responsible for interpretation or diagnosis.  Each participant is in charge of their own creative exploration. The AWBW philosophy is grounded in the idea that the art workshops are a “Window of Time” — a safe, non-judgmental space where participants can authentically express their identity, hopes, dreams, experiences and truths. Workshops typically run 60-90 minutes.