Wilderness EMS

Expanded your knowledge, training and career by adding a Wilderness EMT upgrade to your EMT certification. Courses are offered through a variety of organizations, so do your homework and find the right learning opportunity for your needs. Some even offer college credit.

Learning sites and WEMT course providers

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), Lander, Wyoming - provider of outdoor skills and leadership training.

Rescue Training and Resource Guide - online resource for emergency medical services responders who wish to learn more about technical rescue.
Wilderness Medicine Institute, NOLS - education and information for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of wilderness emergencies.

Outdoor Emergency Care Program, National Ski Patrol
Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute, Pennsylvania - a project of The Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania and The Appalachian Search and Rescue Conference.
Wilderness Emergency Medicine Program, Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs
Wilderness Medical Associates, Portland, Maine

Idaho organizations

Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue Unit - put your skills and abilities to work for Idaho outdoor enthusiasts.

National organizations

Related materials

Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine, Mosby - focuses on information that is needed when medical situations present in the wilderness setting (based on Wilderness Medicine, listed below).
High Angle Rescue Techniques, Mosby
Technical Rescue Riggers Guide
Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care for Remote Locations, published by Jones & Barlett for the National Safety Council and the Wilderness Medical Society - provides instant, up-to-date information on how to handle common injuries and illnesses when medical care is an hour or more away.
Wilderness First Aid: Emergency Care for Remote Locations, VHS edition
Wilderness First Aid Field Guide (AAOS) - "covers the basic medical procedures you need to prepare for in the event of an emergency while in an isolated area. Based on the latest Wilderness Medical Society and American Heart Association CPR guidelines, it covers general emergency medical procedures as well as specific symptoms and accidents. This pocket sized, spiral bound, and water resistant."
Wilderness Medical Associates Field Guide - topics include patient assessment, common medical problems and their treatment, basic and advanced life support guidelines, spine injury assessment, wound care, dislocation reduction, improvised litters and much, much more; printed on waterproof and tearproof paper.
Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines - the official statement of the Wilderness Medical Society on the best methods of handling wilderness related trauma, illness, or environmental injury.

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Updated 08.27.06

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