Resources
MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZER
The resources presented below represent a compilation of sources gathered from a variety of sources and people to help you learn more or get more involved with wilderness and emergency medicine. This page will be updated regularly as we present new topics, so be sure to check back. Finally, please reach out if you have any resources you feel would help add value to this project or if you have any questions at all!
- Shilpi Ganguly (shilpi.ganguly@gowme.org)
*Disclaimer: I, Shilpi Ganguly, and the University of Miami, are not responsible for nor represent the information included in the links below. Please use at your own discretion.
Useful Links
Wilderness Medical Student education and Electives
Academy of Wilderness Medicine: Wilderness Medical Society Fellowship
Air Zermatt Training Center: Emergency Medicine and Alpine Rescue in Switzerland
Developing World Anaesthesia Courses (UK)
Iqarus: Immersive Trauma Life Support, Hostile, and Extreme Environment Training
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) Wilderness Medicine Courses
Remote Area Risk International: Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support and AWLS Courses
Remote Medic: Wilderness, Expedition, and Sports Medicine Courses (UK)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Travel Medicine Courses
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: International Diploma in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh: Diploma in Immediate Medical Care
Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh: Diploma in Remote & Offshore Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh: Diploma in Retrieval & Transfer Medicine
Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh: Diploma in Travel Medicine
SportScotland Glenmore Lodge National Outdoor Training Centre UK
Survival Med: Wilderness First Aid and First Responder Courses Online
Training Expertise: Outdoor First Aid, Wilderness First Responder, Field Safety (UK)
University of California San Diego Wilderness Medicine Clerkship
University of California San Francisco Wilderness Medicine Rotation
University of Colorado Advanced Wilderness Medicine Elective
University of Glasgow: Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
University of Nevada Wilderness RotationUniversity of New Mexico School of Medicine DiMM & AHEMS Courses
University of New Mexico School of Medicine Wilderness and Austere Medicine Fellowship
University of Tasmania Graduate Certification Healthcare in Remote & Extreme EnvironmentsUniversity of Utah Wilderness Electives
WEMSI International: Wilderness First Responder, EMT, & Physician Courses
Wilderness Medical Associates International: Wilderness First Responder and First Aid Courses
WMS & Virginia Tech - A Standard in Wilderness Medicine Education
World Extreme Medicine: Expedition & Wilderness, Mountain, Jungle, Ocean, and Polar Medicine Courses
Topic Specific
Tactical Medicine
- David Nott Foundation: Humanitarian Specialist Training for Surgeons: Areas of Conflict and Catastrophe
- Help for Heroes: Wounded British Soldiers Charity
- Johns Hopkins Tactical Medicine Fellowship
- Special Operations Medical Association
- Tactical Emergency Medicine Section, American College of Emergency Physicians
Space Medicine
- Colorado Space and Extreme Environment Medicine
- NASA Aerospace Medicine Clerkship
- NASA Human Research Roadmap
- Aerospace Medical Association
- Aerospace Student and Resident Organization
- UTMB Principles of Aviation and Space Medicine Course
- NASA Internships
- Space Generation Advisory Council
- Space Medicine Association
- University of Colorado Human Spaceflight Factors & Medical Risk Assessment Elective
- Women in Aerospace Medicine
- The Australasian Society of Aerospace Medicine
- Aeromedical Society of Australasia
- Aerospace Human Factors Association
- Aerospace Physiology Society
- Space Surgery Association
- United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Space for Health
- Ad Astra Vita
- SpaceX Medical Student Rotation
- Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance (Aerospace Medical Association Journal)
Ultra-Endurance medicine
Expedition medicine
- Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) Scorer Android App
- APEX: Altitude Physiology Expeditions Altitude Research and HAPE Database
- CIWEC Hospitals: Kathmandu & Pokhara Travel Medicine Hospitals
- Everester: Mount Everest Enthusiast/Hiker Info
- Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal
- International Porter Protection Group: Mountain Porter Safety Association
- Khumbu Climbing Center: Nepali Climber and High Altitude Worker Safety Foundation
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: International Diploma in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
- The Adventure Medic
- Wings of Kilimanjaro: Paragliding Expedition for Charity Fundraising
- World Extreme Medicine Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course
- X-Treme Everest Research Collaboration
Medical Toxicology
Mountain medicine
- Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) Scorer Android App
- Blackcomb Helicopters Whistler BC SAR MD Renata Lewis
- CIWEC Hospitals: Kathmandu & Pokhara Travel Medicine Hospitals
- DiMM (Diploma in Mountain Medicine) Andes
- Everester: Mount Everest Enthusiast/Hiker Info
- Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal
- International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation Federation
- International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR)- DiMM Courses
- International Hypothermia Registry
- International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM)
- Mountain Heart Nepal
- Mountain Rescue England and Wales
- UNM School Of Medicine International Mountain Medicine Center (Diploma in Mountain Medicine)
Desert Medicine
- Coming Soon!
Rural Medicine
- AMECA: Alex’s Medical and Educational Clinic in Africa
- Exploring Medicine
- Medecins Sans Frontieres UK: Doctors Without Borders
- Medical Aid Films: Media & Communication for Health Enhancement in Disadvantaged Communities
- Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
- VSO: Voluntary Service Overseas
- Vine Trust: Primary Care and Health Education Delivered by Ship
