Courses

WEMSI Europe provides three distinct training courses. Refresher training is also available. Wilderness First Responder

This is an intensive six-day course designed for outdoor instructors and enthusiasts leading or participating in remote expeditions where evacuation may be protracted and complex. It is growing in reputation as the gold standard in training, and conforms to the Wilderness Medical Society’s Wilderness First Responder syllabus, widespread in the USA. Much of the training happens outside.

Training is designed for people going on expedition who have standard expedition first aid equipment with them (as opposed to rescue team equipment). Emphasis is on being self-reliant, improvisation with the kit that you have, and dealing competently with both life-threatening and run-of-the-mill situations. It is for people who may not have access to online medical support from a doctor.

Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician

The WEMT course is aimed at practitioners who are responsible for providing medical and trauma prehospital care in real remote environments.

Training focuses on patient assessment, treatment principles and management of incidents rather than the traditional protocols associated with First Aid. A thorough understanding of principles enables the provision of care to be adapted to each individual situation and environment.

Practitioners are engaged and encouraged to make differential diagnoses and then provide management that is both practical and advanced. This is completed with consultation from doctors and trauma specialists in preparation for short and extended evacuations.

Wilderness Physician

This course teaches doctors to provide on-line medical advice by radio and telephone to first-aiders/EMT's in the wilderness environment.

The course runs alongside the Wilderness EMT course. Physicians interact with the WEMT students throughout the course to improve physician-WEMT relationships in the field. Participation in the WEMT course facilitates greater appreciation of the particular problems experienced by Wilderness EMT's and a deeper understanding of what is and isn't possible in the field.

Wilderness Physicians are actively involved in mock scenarios and the final full-day field exercise. This active participation allows practice of the skills acquired along with in-depth understanding of how difficult it is to carry a casualty across rough terrain!

Pre-course Requirements

WFR: Participants are required to hold a 16-hour basic first aid certificate or equivalent.
WEMT: Participants are required to hold a Wilderness First Responder certificate or equivalent.
WP: Participants are required to be physicians.
Wilderness EMT Experience Provider: Participants are required to have completed the WEMT.

Apply for a Place

To apply for a place on any of the above courses, please contact us.