Wilderness Emergency Responder

​​​Course Dates: 29 November - 3 December 2021

Cost: $650.00

Minimum Age:  16 years old

Are you a member of a local Search and Rescue team, Ski Patrol unit member, Emergency Medical Technician, or do you spend long periods of time hunting, camping or adventuring in the outdoors?

Then please join us for our Wilderness Medical Responder training course!

The Wilderness Medical Responder course is designed to teach those that are medical professionals, responders to rural or wilderness environments, and or trip leaders how to protect your clients and communities while working with or within an organized EMS structure. This course teaches the skills necessary to assess, treat and care for patients or clients in the back country setting. Classroom lectures and demonstrations are combined with realistic scenarios where mock patient scenarios will reinforce learning and challenge skills known and learned. Learning takes place both in the classroom and in outdoor settings regardless of weather conditions.

Graduates of this course that possesses a current EMS certification (EMT/ PARAMEDIC) will receive their Wilderness EMT credential upon successful completion of the course. Those that do not possess a current EMS certification will receive a Wilderness First Responder Credential upon successful completion of this course. Our course is registered with NASAR and students will receiver both a SRTC completion and NASAR qualification.

FAWM credit through the Wilderness Medical Society are also available on request for an additional fee. For more information about becoming a Wilderness Fellow or obtaining credits, please contact us at [email protected]. (Credit hours to be awarded TBA Soon)

Late Registration Starts 15 Sep 2021. Course fee will increase to $725.00 per student after that date if seats are available to facilitate rush order of supplies or individual course materials.

Prerequisites:

- CPR Card