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Sample case study:
You are 6 miles into a 3 day backpacking trip in the Southwestern USA. Your friend was unlucky enough to surprise a snake and was bitten in the hand. The wound is bleeding, painful and swelling. Your friend feels very anxious and nauseous. You don't have cellular service.
What is the most urgent problem?
Why or why not?
What can you do?
Wilderness medicine courses help you gain the knowledge and hands-on practice to be better prepared to recognize and respond to someone sick or injured, with special attention to environmental considerations, differentiating serious vs not serious conditions and what you can do to help even with limited resources. If you are an adventure guide, outdoor enthusiast, world adventurer, backcountry worker, hunter, search & rescue worker, disaster relief responder or even a trained medical professional...these courses are for you!
Mission Statement
Peninsula Wild Med (PWM) aims to bring wilderness first aid and wilderness first responder training with certification to the communities of Washington state's Olympic Peninsula and beyond. PWM is a licensed training company for Wilderness Medical Associates International (WMAI) who is known and acknowledged worldwide for it's top-notch curriculum and instructors. Upon completion of your course, certification is provided by WMAI and includes CPR based on ILCOR/AHA standards. Certifications are valid for 3 years.
Student Comments
"This course was fantastic. April was incredibly knowledgeable and invested in the subject, and her enthusiasm translated well. She did a great job of keeping the course dynamic and interesting even while covering a lot of content."
WFA Student
"The instructor is completely knowledgable of the subject matter, given the two days training time, she went through the critically important environmental/physiological concepts, then explained with case examples."
WFA Student
"I came to get some practical skills for medicine in the outdoors and left feeling far more competent than I would have imagined I could. I'm really pleased with the training and I'll definitely return for my recert."
WFR
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