About Survival Med
We offer online Wilderness First Responder (WFR), Wilderness First Aid (WFA), and other survival and medical courses- all taught by physician experts in remote and austere medicine.
WIDELY ACCEPTED BY FEDERAL & STATE AGENCIES, NON-PROFITS & EMPLOYERS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, USDA FOREST SERVICE, NATIONAL ASSN FOR SEARCH & RESCUE, ACA/PADDLESPORTS (AMERICAN CANOE), THE MOUNTAINEERS, LOCAL SIERRA CLUBS, OSHA & MANY OTHERS
A Close Call
I still remember the terror in Jacob’s eyes as he limped through the doors of the emergency room. Behind Jacob was his friend Carl, towing a cooler. They had been camping in Northern Arizona when Jacob was bitten by a rattlesnake in a rock pile. Panicked, Jacob’s friend smashed the snake with a boulder and threw it in the cooler. In what he believed would be a heroic effort, Carl attempted to suck the venom from Jacob’s leg with his own mouth.
It didn’t work.
Jacob made a full recovery, but their actions at the time of the emergency were detrimental and based solely on what they had seen in Hollywood fiction.
Their story- and many others like it- led us to develop Survival Med.
We provide wilderness and medical education across the world. We teach for the National Park Service, National Association for Search and Rescue, United States military, universities, physicians, general public, and everyone in between. In just the first year of operation, our courses have reached more than 100 countries and all 7 continents. Survival Med classes are designed to be affordable and accessible from your own home.