Whether you want the basic first aid skills you need to take personal day hikes or the knowledge to supervise others in a backcountry setting, the Wilderness Medicine Institute's course offerings will have your needs covered.

Students work together to care for a patient in a wilderness medicine scenario.
Photo: Brad Christensen

Wilderness First Responder and Wilderness First Aid training is part of the following NOLS courses:

• Patagonia
  • Semester in Patagonia (some sections)
    
• Rocky Mountains
  • Semester in the Rockies (some sections)
    
• Southwest
  • Semester in the Southwest (some sections)
  • Semester on the Borders

In addition, the following courses are offered by the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS:

• Wilderness EMT
• Wilderness First Responder
• Wilderness Advanced First Aid
• Wilderness First Aid
• Wilderness Upgrade for Medical Professionals
• Wilderness Medicine: Practices and Protocols
• Wilderness First Responder Recertification
• Medicine in the Wild - Medical Student Elective