Wilderness Medicine

Years of Wilderness Medicine Education

Offering a wilderness medicine curriculum to help you identify, treat, and prevent common injuries and illnesses outdoors.

You’ll learn from the industry’s leading, data-based wilderness medicine curriculum and develop new skills through hands-on scenarios.

Why Choose Wilderness Medicine

Your Wilderness Medicine Instructor

Wilderness Medicine Instructors are professional educators with years of medical and wilderness leadership experience. They are intentional educators first and foremost. With backgrounds that include US Navy veterans, National Park Service rangers, outdoor educators, flight nurses, and more, they have real and extensive experience to teach how to recognize, treat, and prevent wilderness emergencies.

Immersive Wilderness Medicine Course

Our curriculum is developed by industry experts and experienced practitioners, field-tested by our expedition instructors, and based on decades of injury and illness data. This helps us prepare students for the most likely events in the wilderness.

Learn Essential Wilderness Medicine Skills

Develop wilderness medicine skills like how to assess and respond to injuries, illnesses, and accidents in the wild, emphasizing improvisation with limited resources. Key topics include wilderness first aid, CPR, wound management, splinting, and patient evacuation techniques. Our courses emphasize teamwork, critical thinking, and decision-making, ensuring that you are prepared to provide effective medical care when conventional help is distant or unavailable, fostering confidence in outdoor adventures.

Develop Risk Management Skills

These courses approach risk assessment and mitigation from a patient-focused, wilderness medicine perspective. You will learn to recognize potential medical complications, make informed decisions, and prioritize patient wellbeing. Through hands-on scenarios and practical exercises, students not only develop proficiency in wilderness medicine but also gain the ability to adeptly manage medical risks in various environments. This preparation equips you with the competence and confidence to navigate the unpredictable medical challenges posed by remote wilderness settings.

Wilderness Medicine

The Wilderness Medicine course provides you with an excellent opportunity to expand your wilderness medicine skills, discover your unique leadership style, and enhance your ability to respond to and adapt to the unpredictable medical challenges common in remote outdoor environments.

What are the skills associated with wilderness medicine?

Skills associated with wilderness medicine include:

• Patient assessment and management in remote settings.

• CPR and basic life support.

• Wound care and infection management.

• Fracture and dislocation stabilization.

• Management of hypothermia, heat-related illnesses, and altitude sickness.

• Improvisation with limited medical supplies.

• Decision-making for evacuation and prolonged patient care.

• Environmental hazard management (e.g., lightning, water hazards, wildlife encounters).

Find Your Wilderness Medicine Course

Whether you're an outdoor enthusiast, healthcare professional, or aspiring wilderness leader, these courses provide the knowledge and hands-on experience you need to excel.

Wilderness Medicine for Outdoor Enthusiasts

The 2-day Wilderness First Aid course will give you a fun, hands-on introduction to managing common injuries, more serious emergencies, and everything in between. No previous experience required.

Wilderness Medicine for Outdoor Professionals

For those who work or aspire to work in the outdoors, a wilderness medicine certification is the credential employers value. Courses include the 10-day Wilderness First Responder and our intensive, 26-day Wilderness EMT. These are the industry standard for professional guides, trip leaders, search and rescue team members, and more.

Wilderness Medicine for Medical Professionals

courses for medical professionals (PA, RN, EMT, MD, etc.) offer CMEs and are designed to help you adapt your urban medical knowledge to remote settings. In the wilderness, you may have minimal access to equipment and your ability to improvise is crucial to your patient’s well-being.

Wilderness Medicine for Veterans & Active Duty

Wilderness medicine certifications are credentials employers value and will prepare you to respond to emergencies in remote, resource-limited environments

Wilderness Skills Training LLC Campus

Designed for Wilderness Medicine Education

You’ll appreciate the rugged landscape of the countryside not only for its beautiful views, but also for the opportunity to deal with real-life terrain and weather conditions in simulated medical scenarios.

Designed specifically for teaching wilderness medicine, students enjoy two indoor classrooms, convenient outdoor practice spaces, cabin-style housing, and delicious on-campus meals.

The campus’ facilities combine cutting-edge environmentally friendly design with unobstructed views of the canyon’s dramatic red rock formations. From solar power and composting toilets to geothermal heating and cooling, this is an outstanding example of how to minimize human impact on the land. Join a group of motivated students and learn how to respond to medical emergencies—whether at home or in the backcountry.