Adventure Rx: Advanced Medical Series
Presented by Whatcom County EMS in partnership with Backcountry Medical Guides
CME programs designed for healthcare professionals, first responders, and wilderness-savvy community members looking to build real-world medical skills in remote environments. Take any session, or all three, there are no prerequisites to attend.
March 4-5, 2027 | Mt. Baker Ski Area
Adventure Rx: Mountain Medicine is our snow and alpine focused offering, hosted up at Mt. Baker Ski Area. Ski or frolic for the first half of the day, gain CME in the back half. Topics include avalanche rescue, hypothermia, altitude illness, frostbite, and more.
2027 Dates/ Location TBA
Our core CME curriculum, ARx: Wilderness Medicine, combines emergency medicine with one part first responder and one part remote/ extended care and rescue.
July 8-9, 2027 | Squalicum Harbor- Bellingham, WA
Two days of medicine at sea, based at our dockside training center in Squalicum Harbor and aboard S/V Swiftsure, a Frers 58. Includes an optional two-hour day sail on Bellingham Bay after Day 2. Kick back, crew, or learn to sail.