Illness and Injuries

While climbing in Greece with a friend, you witness another climber takes a fall. She swings hard, feet first, into the wall. The rope stops her, but she is clutching her ankle and screaming. what do you and your friend, a WFR and a WEMT respectively, do?

You witness someone fall from a horse; they are unresponsive. How do you use your Wilderness Medicine skills in this situation?

After a strenuous hike, you and your team find a tent just off the trail at 11,300 ft. You call out, “Hello, is anyone in the tent? This is search and rescue. We have a report of someone who needs assistance?” See what happens next in this case study.

Test your wilderness medicine skills to see how you would respond to this first-aid scenario.

To reduce the strain on local health care facilities during a global crisis, you can step up and use your first aid training to treat some injuries at home.

At 6:30 in the morning some of your participants come and tell you that their tentmate is complaining of abdominal pain. As the WFR-trained course leader, you go to their tent to investigate.

To reduce the strain on local health care facilities during a global crisis, you can step up and use your first aid training to treat some injuries at home.

Do you know the proper protocols for a patient with a suspected spine injury?

To reduce the strain on local health care facilities during a global crisis, you can step up and use your first aid training to treat some injuries at home.

Take this Wilderness First Aid quiz to test your knowledge about basic WFA skills.

NOLS grad Kimberly Blazzard unexpectedly put her wilderness medicine skills into practice on a solo trip on the Appalachian Trail.

Do you know how to test an ankle injury for usability?

How much do you actually know about the human heart? Test your knowledge with this wilderness medicine quiz on the cardiovascular system.

Even if you’ve never fly-fished, NOLS Wilderness Medicine has advice to prepare you for the hobby’s common risks, especially in the early season.

Do you know how to prevent, recognize, and treat a non-freezing cold injury (NFCI)? Test your wilderness medicine skills with this case study.

Audrey Goral took a NOLS WFA thinking she would only use the skills for a sprained ankle. She never expected to use the skills on her twin in an emergency.

This case study tests how well you can adapt when you're responsible for not just one patient, but an entire group.

Test your wilderness medicine knowledge with this case study about a patient with flu-like symptoms that may be related to a tick-borne illness.

You're a first responder helping a patient who was bucked off their horse. The assessment might reveal something more troubling than what meets the eye…

Do you enjoy recreating outdoors? Here are the top 7 reasons why you should consider to taking a NOLS Wilderness First Aid course.

Test your knowledge about caring for patients who may have head injuries with this wilderness medicine case study.

So many abbreviations, so little time! Take a look at these need-to-know acronyms for wilderness medicine.

Test your knowledge with a case study based on a real event in the '80s where Wilderness First Responders aided a hiker suffering from weakness and lethargy.

The patient commented that their toes have been cold and numb all day, but thought they could get by until getting into their sleeping bag. Read the full case study to see what you know about frostbite.