From Antarctica to Alaska to the Himalayas, Vainio thrives on practicing medicine in desolate surroundings. He recounted his decades of wilderness medicine experience to an audience of students, ...

The University of Wyoming Outdoor Program offers a full spectrum of wilderness medicine courses through Longleaf Wilderness Medicine (LWM). These courses include Wilderness First Aid (WFA), Wilderness ...

As described by the Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite published by ...

Thank you for your interest in participating in a Wilderness Medicine course held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. This page details what to know and how to prepare for your Wilderness First ...

Many health care professionals seek training in the specialty of wilderness medicine to cope with the health risks faced when far removed from professional care resources, and the American College of ...

If you work or recreate in the outdoors or in other environments where access to medical care is delayed or communication is unreliable, the Wilderness First Responder course is for you. It is the ...

Runcie, Harriet and Greene, Mike 2015. Femoral Traction Splints in Mountain Rescue Prehospital Care: To Use or Not to Use? That Is the Question. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, Vol. 26, Issue. 3, ...