Online Outdoor First Aid & Safety Basics

Basic Outdoor & Wilderness First Aid Principles • Includes Bonus Regional Outdoor First Aid Course

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Outdoor & wilderness first aid basics for outdoor adventures

PREVIEW A SAMPLE OUTDOOR FIRST AID LESSON

Two Full Years of Unlimited Access From Date of Purchase

2-hour MD-taught Outdoor & Wilderness First Aid class with live Q&A or self-paced video

Bonus Regional Wilderness First Aid videos cover wildlife, environment & common rescue calls—choose region at checkout

Practical Skills videos teach you how to splint, apply tourniquets, improvise a neck brace & more

Downloadable quick-reference guide to patient assessment & treatment for lightning, heat & cold

Outdoor First Aid Topics Covered

Via self-paced online classes, interactive video scenarios, medical case assignments, knowledge checks & quizzes

Injury assessment & basic life support

MARCH & SAMPLE patient assessment protocols; breathing, circulatory & nervous system assessment; spinal stabilization; basic CPR & Heimlich maneuver training

Common outdoor medical problems

Treating & stabilizing impalements, broken bones, finger amputations, muscle injuries, bleeding, wounds, cold injuries, heat illness, lightning and altitude ilness & more

Wildlife attacks & treating injuries

Dealing with grizzlies, black bears, mountain lions; snakes & scorpions; other venomous animal & insect bites, stings, rabies prevention & communicable & waterborne diseases

Terrain, temperature & weather hazards

Terrain, temperature and weather hazards

Heat & cold related injuries; wildfires, lightning & burns; floods, tides & drowning; avalanches & earthquakes; acute mountain & altitude sickness (AMS, HACE, HAPE)

Basic outdoor survival skills

Route, logistics & supplies planning; avoiding getting lost, signaling for rescue; finding and treating water for safe drinking, maximizing chances of being found alive

Learn to improvise medical care
with everyday items

Video lessons cover basic CPR, tourniquets, neck braces, splints, compression bandages, Epipens & more

Improvise medical care with everyday items

Learn to improvise emergency medical care with everyday items you didn't know were lifesavers!

Survival Med Wilderness First Aid & Outdoor Safety Certificate

Two-Year Certificate

Open to all ages.

No prior first aid or medical training needed.

Free Wilderness Medicine Podcast Library

Free access to 50+ hours of advanced wilderness medicine podcasts—from knocked-out teeth to SAR incident command protocols & more!

50+ advanced wilderness medicine podcasts

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All courses include the general outdoor & wilderness first aid basics webinar, online first aid training videos and your choice of a regional outdoor first aid class.

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Mountain West

AK, CO, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY + BC

Wildlife, hazards & rescue calls for the Rocky Mountains, Mesa Verde, Black Canyon, Lake Powell, Zion National Park, Yellowstone, Lake Tahoe, Big Sky, Glacier, Denali, Katmai National Parks & more

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Northeast

CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT

Wildlife, hazards & rescue calls for the AT, Adirondacks, Acadia, L. Champlain, Moosehead, Cape Cod NS, Blackstone, L. Winnipesaukee, Boston Harbor Islands & more

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Pacific West

CA, HI, OR, WA

Wildlife, hazards & rescue calls for Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon National Park, Crater Lake, Mount Hood, Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier, Denali National Park, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park & more

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Southwest

AZ, NM, OK, TX

Wildlife, hazards & rescue calls for Grand Canyon National Park, Lake Powell, White Sands National Park, Big Bend National Park, Lake Travis, Guadalupe Mountains National Park & US desert backcountry

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Midwest Plains

IA, KS, MO, NE, ND, SD

Wildlife, hazards & rescue calls for the Badlands, Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Ozarks, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Mark Twain National Forest & more.

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Eastern

KY, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV

Wildlife, hazards & rescue calls for the Appalachian Trail, Blue Ridge Mountains, Smoky Mountains, Chesapeake Bay, US eastern coastline & more

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Great Lakes

IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI

Wildlife, hazards & rescue calls for the Great Lakes, Boundary Waters, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Isle Royale National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park & more

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South

AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS

Wildlife, hazards & rescue calls for Everglades, Bogue Chitto, Kisatchie NF, Little R. Canyon, Dry Tortugas, Natchez Tr., Chattahoochee R., Gulf Coast & more

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Survival Med Faculty

Natalie Bonthius, MD

Founder of Survival Med & Emergency & Survival Medicine Physician, UHS-Southern California

Carson Harper, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician, UHS-Southern California

Richard Ingebretsen, MD

Clinical Instructor & Wild Med U Program Director, University of Utah School of Medicine

Kevin
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Paramedic & Firefighter, Jackson Hole Fire & EMS and Grand Teton National Park

Robert Scanlon, MD

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Online Outdoor First Aid & Safety Basics

Outdoor & wilderness first aid basics for outdoor adventures