Altitude Illness This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. If you would like to earn CME for Altitude Medicine, click here. Course Description: High elevation is considered to be above 2,400 meters, or […]
Patient Assessment This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. If you would like to earn CME for Patient Assessment, click here. Course Description: When a medical emergency occurs in the pre-hospital setting, responders use […]
Medical Problems in the Wilderness This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: While much of wilderness medicine focuses on injuries as opposed to illness, awareness of several prevalent medical problems is […]
Heat Illness This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Hot climates cause a myriad of physiological changes. While humans are well adapted to these climates, if left unaddressed, an excessively hot climate […]
Animal Bites and Stings This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Different wildlife all over the world cause a myriad of problems, many of which require unique solutions. In this module, you […]
Extremity Injuries This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Musculoskeletal injuries are one of the most commonly encountered accidents in outdoor recreation and wilderness settings. It is important that a first responder […]
Bleeding and Shock This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Having and understanding of bleeding and how to control life threatening bleeds is one of the most critical intervention techniques the first […]
Lightning Injuries This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Although beautiful, lightning is the second leading cause of natural outdoor deaths. This natural phenomenon is unlike anything else found on the planet, […]
Dive Medicine This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Millions of people dive underwater each year, exposing themselves to the myriad of medical problems that can occur when going to depth. There […]
Drowning and Water Safety This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Drowning is one of the most common causes of backcountry illness, injury, and death. While the number of incidents are increasing […]
Water Disinfection and Hydration This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Water treatment is often taken for granted in front country settings. In the wilderness, however, there are a variety treatment methods […]
Abdominal and Chest Injuries This online module is designed for outdoor professionals, enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in learning more about this topic. This course is NOT eligible for CME or FAWM. Course Description: Injuries to the Chest and Abdomen can be some of the most serious injuries that occur to a patient, and require […]
