3 days · 24 hours
Vertical Medicine
Wilderness medicine and improvised partner rescue, taught together for climbers with baseline climbing skills.
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Featured Courses
Medical and rescue training for outdoor participants, coaches, guides, and field teams.
16 hours
Wilderness First Aid
Patient assessment, first aid, and evacuation decisions for people who spend time outdoors.
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72 hours
Wilderness First Responder
Extended patient care and evacuation planning for guides, rangers, SAR teams, and expedition leaders.
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8-hour offering · CPR/AED
NICA First Aid
NICA-approved First Aid, hands-on CPR/AED, and realistic trail scenarios for coaches and teams.
Explore the course ↗WMS affiliate · WMEC-aligned WFA/WFR · Professional instructors · EMT/Paramedic CE on approved courses · Licensed STOP THE BLEED® education provider through Capital City CPR LLC. Our qualifications and training record ↗
Patient assessment | First aid | Evacuation planning | Rescue | Instructor training
For guides, rangers,
and outdoor teams.
We teach wilderness medicine and first aid for teams working or leading groups where medical help may be delayed.
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Search & Rescue Teams
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State Parks & Rangers
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Outdoor Education Programs
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Expedition Staff
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Industrial Field Teams
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Emergency Response Personnel
Organizations we’ve trained
Professional instructors
Learn from instructors with medical and outdoor experience.
Current curriculum
WMS clinical guidance and WMEC standards guide our medical courses.
Practice and assessment
Assess patients, practice skills, and work through field scenarios with instructor feedback.
Reviews
"As a Ventana Wilderness Alliance ranger I took the two-day Wilderness First Aid course with Ryan. The course was engaging, practical, and directly applicable to the situations we encounter in the field. The scenarios and hands-on approach made it one of the most useful trainings I've attended."
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"I've been a paramedic for 40 years, and I just have to say that was one of the best classes I've seen."
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"The course is fast-paced, packed with valuable information, and filled with realistic, hands-on training simulations and scenarios. After completing this course, I feel much better prepared to deal with potentially severe trauma or illness in settings where communication to the outside world is sketchy at best and where evacuating a patient to a medical facility typically takes at least a few hours and sometimes even days."
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