Wilderness Medicine: Essentials Part 1 – Rescue operations & prolonged field care

$225.00

November 2, 2025

Wilderness Medicine: Essentials Part 1 – Rescue operations & prolonged field care is the first installment of Whatcom County EMS and Backcountry Medical Guides’ Adventure RX series. Each session is designed to deliver immersive, seasonally relevant, field-based medical training for healthcare providers and outdoor professionals/enthusiasts. The curriculum combines thought-provoking lectures with scenario-based skills practice to strengthen community capacity and professional development in austere environments.

November 2, 2025

Wilderness Medicine: Essentials Part 1 – Rescue operations & prolonged field care is the first installment of Whatcom County EMS and Backcountry Medical Guides’ Adventure RX series. Each session is designed to deliver immersive, seasonally relevant, field-based medical training for healthcare providers and outdoor professionals/enthusiasts. The curriculum combines thought-provoking lectures with scenario-based skills practice to strengthen community capacity and professional development in austere environments.

This full-day session is the first part of our Adventure Rx training series, designed for healthcare professionals, SAR team members, and outdoor leaders looking to build real-world medical skills in remote environments. Join us for a hands-on day of immersive wilderness medicine in Bellingham.

Morning sessions feature case-based lectures by EMS and wilderness medicine faculty. The afternoon is spent outdoors rotating through scenario-based skill stations, designed to reflect the terrain and challenges of the area.

    • Patient assessment: Out of bounds and out of context

    • Bleeding control & fracture management: Limited equipment and improvised solutions

    • Spinal Motion Restriction: Who, when, why?

    • Evacuation decision-making & communications

    • Risk Management and Pre Trip Planning

    • Physicians, PA’s, Nurses, EMTs, Paramedics

    • SAR team members, guides, park rangers

    • Outdoor educators and skilled recreationalists

    • 8 hours Category 1 CME or EMS Continuing Education

    • Scenario facilitation by experienced medics & guides

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