What you'll learn

  • Medicine

    Learn how to treat common medical conditions and life threatening medical, trauma and environmental emergencies.

  • Rescue

    Learn improvisational patient evacuation techniques, SAR professional evacuation techniques & technical rescue basics.

  • Leadership

    Gain the confidence and competence to be a wilderness rescuer through extensive scenario based instruction in the accompanied 5 day field session.

Course curriculum

  • 1
    Introduction to Wilderness Medicine
  • 2
    Critical Body Systems Overview
  • 3
    Basic Life Support Skills
  • 4
    Patient Assessment
  • 5
    Traumatic Injuries
  • 6
    Medical Emergencies
  • 7
    Environmental Emergencies
  • 8
    Wilderness First Aid Kits & Pharmacology
  • 9
    Non-Technical Evacuation
  • 10
    Technical Wilderness Evacuation
  • 11
    Anatomy Diagrams
  • 12
    Additional Resources: (no need to memorize, no testing on these)
  • 13
    Abbreviations
  • 14
    References and Picture Credits
  • Course Introduction FREE PREVIEW How to use The Wild Guide Thinkific E-Manual Introduction, Medical Legal Considerations & Wilderness Protocols Resource: Colorado Good Samaritan Law Resource: Colorado Good Samaritan Law for administration of Epinephrine Good Samaritan Epinephrine Case Scenario Medical Legal & wilderness protocol quiz
  • A & P Overview Respiratory System Overview: Anatomy & Physiology Cardiovascular System Overview Central and Peripheral Nervous System Overview Shock FREE PREVIEW A & P Quiz Skeleton Review
  • CPR Overview FREE PREVIEW CPR Critical Airway Skills Video Clip FREE PREVIEW Airway Oxygen Aministration Basic Life Support Quiz
  • Primary Assessment Video FREE PREVIEW Patient Assessment Details MEDICAL HISTORY AUDIO Quiz Pediatric Assessment Communication & Documentation Patient Assessment Quiz SOAP NOTE Scenario: Backpacking in Utah Soap Note Scenario: Rafting the Gauley Patient Assessment Scenario: Lightning Strike! Patient Assessment Flashcards
  • Wilderness Wound Types FREE PREVIEW Bleeding Control Bleeding Control Details: Pressure Bandages, Tourniquets & Wound Packing Pressure Bandage tourniquet instruction video wound packing video Wilderness Wound Irrigation & Prolonged Care of Wounds wound irrigation wound closure Burns Impaled Objects wilderness wound management quiz Orthopedic Management & Treatment Overview Athletic Injuries: Sprains & Strains Fractures Dislocations Splinting Orthopedic, Athletic Injury & Splinting Quiz Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) TBI & SCI Quiz Chest Injuries Abdominal Injuries Pelvic Injuries Chest & Abdominal Quiz Trauma Time!
  • Cardiac Emergencies FREE PREVIEW Cardiac quiz FREE PREVIEW Asthma Anaphylaxis Allergies & Anaphylaxis Quiz Pulmonary Edema Pulmonary Embolism Respiratory Emergencies Quiz Altered Mental Status Strokes American Stroke Association Infograms Seizures Diabetes Altered Mental Status Quiz Acute Abdominal Pain Acute Abdominal Pain Quiz Gender Specific Medical Emergencies
  • Altitude Emergencies Lightning Emergencies FREE PREVIEW Lightning Quiz Hypothermia Frostbite Cold emergencies quiz Dehydration Heat Emergencies Heat Emergencies Quiz Drowning Bites & Stings bites and stings quiz Water Purification Expedition Medicine Travel Medicine: Traveler's Diarrhea FREE PREVIEW Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease Avalanche Medicine Diving Emergencies Marine Bites and Stings SOAP NOTE SCENARIO: Snowmobiling Leadville, CO
  • First Aid Kits Wilderness Pharmacology
  • Wilderness Evacuation Guidelines Patient Packaging
  • Safety and Risk Management for Technical Operations Decision Making Search and Rescue Fundamentals Case Study: Climbing Accident Team and Personnel Roles The Rescue Plan Technical Rope Rescue Communications Weight, Forces and Safety Factors in Rope Rescue Professional Standards in Rope Rescue Technical Rescue Gear Carabiners 24 hour SAR pack Technical Rescue Knot Details Simple Anchors Anchor Rigging Multiple Anchor Systems Personal Skill: Rescuer Rope Attachments for Steep & Vertical Lowers Personal Skill: Litter Attendant Rigging for Scree Operations
  • Anatomy Diagrams National Estimates of Outdoor Recreational Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments, United States, 2004–2005 FREE PREVIEW
  • ParkmedicProtocol Denver Metro protocols Epidemiology in Wilderness Medicine A Review of Emergency Medical Services Events in US National Parks From 2007 to 2011
  • Abbreviations
  • References, Citations & Credit Photos

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