Wilderness Medicine Essentials Part 2 – Spring Sports, Remote Orthopedic Care, Infectious Disease, & Travel Medicine

$225.00

May 3, 2026

Wilderness Medicine Essentials Part 2 is the Spring installment of Whatcom County 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.

May 3, 2026

Wilderness Medicine Essentials Part 2 is the Spring installment of Whatcom County 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.

Spring brings a mix of unpredictable terrain, variable weather, and unique injury patterns. This session focuses on rapid assessment, adaptive use of gear, and clear evacuation planning for incidents in remote or hard-to-access environments.

    • Spring sports epidemiology

    • Travel Medicine

    • Communications: Search & rescue coordination in rugged environments

    • Building your medical kit

    • Field care for concussions & TBIs

    • Bites, stings, and vector-borne disease response

    • EMTs, Paramedics, RNs, PAs, MDs

    • Guides, bike patrol, SAR, and outdoor educators

    • Trail stewards, coaches, or skilled recreationalists who lead in the backcountry

    • Field instruction from experienced faculty

    • Hands-on practice with improvised and real-world equipment

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