OVERVIEW

The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine is organized by Wilderness Medicine and will be held from Jul 26 - 30, 2025 at Snowbird Resort, Utah.

Conference Highlights include:

  • The largest and longest-running CME conference on Wilderness Medicine for physicians, PAs, NPs, nurses, and medics from ALL areas of medicine
  • Up to 39 hours of CME from world-renowned faculty. Topics include altitude illness, heat emergencies, common orthopedic injuries, envenomations, strategies to travel safely internationally, hypothermia, packing an effective medical kit, search and rescue, scuba diving injuries, whitewater safety, improvised trauma care, and many more!
  • Learn a wide variety of skills that can make your adventures safer, prepare you for medicine in remote and austere environments, and improve your general medical skills by fostering creativity and “doing more with less.”
  • Interactive hands-on workshops include survival, improvised splinting, tracking, suture lab, children and teen workshops, and more
  • Earn your AWEP Certification®(Advanced Wilderness and Expedition Provider)
  • Snowbird Resort offers outstanding recreation opportunities including hiking, biking, flyfishing, Mountain Coaster, and the Alpine Slide

Optional and Pre-Conference Workshops Include:

Advanced Wilderness Expedition Provider (AWEP) Wilderness & Urban Survival Skills Travel Intel & Improvised Care For Wilderness & Intl Travel Ropes & Knots For Wilderness Medicine & Rescue Practical Splinting Skills Basic Wound Management/Suture Lab Wilderness Navigation Wilderness Tracking Technology For Wilderness Navigation Wilderness Wisdom For Wisdom

 Program Objectives:

  • Identify prevention and treatment of altitude illness based on an understanding of the underlying physiology
  • Recognize and properly manage frostbite in the field
  • Identify and treat hypothermia in the field
  • Identify fracture and dislocation in the wilderness
  • Identify the pathophysiology and treatment of heat-related illness

KEY DATES

Event Start Date
26 Jul, 2025
Event Start Date
Event End Date
30 Jul, 2025
Event End Date
Credits

Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) and Wilderness and Travel Medicine, LLC. The Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation: The Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) designates this live activity for a maximum of 39.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity is anticipated to offer up to 39.00 hours of AOA Category 1-A CME credit, pending approval by the AOA.

Disclosure: It is the policy of Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME) to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored educational activities, and that all contributors present information in an objective, unbiased manner without endorsement or criticism of specific products or services and that the relationships that contributors disclose will not influence their contributions. Those in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose to learners all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests prior to the beginning of the educational activity.

Resolution of Conflicts of Interest: In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of CME, the Center for Emergency Medical Education implemented mechanisms, prior to the planning and implementation of this CME activity, to identify and resolve conflicts of interest for all individuals in a position to control content of this CME activity.

AAFP: This program has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 39.00 hours of prescribed credit by the AAFP.

ACEP: This program has been approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for up to 39.00 hours of ACEP Category 1 credits.

Nurse Credit: Under the new BRN guidelines, this course is also accredited for up to 39.00 hours of nursing credit.

Physician Assistants: The American Association of Physician Assistants accepts Category 1 CME approval from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

**If you do not see your accrediting body listed please contact the association directly to verify the above listed credit designation is acceptable to your particular association.

All participants receive up to 23.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for the Main Course.

Participants taking the optional AWEP™ workshop will receive an additional 15.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Participants taking the optional Wound Management workshop will receive an additional 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Participants taking the optional Practical Splinting Skills workshop will receive 1.25 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Participants taking the optional How to Assess and Reduce Fractures and Dislocations workshop will receive an additional 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Participants taking the optional Wilderness Wisdom for Women workshop will receive an additional 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Participants taking the optional Travel Intelligence & Improvised Care for Wilderness and International Travel workshop will receive an additional 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

You can earn a maximum of 39.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by taking the AWEP Workshop in addition to the Main Course.

  • 39 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • 39 Hours
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    PhysicianNursingPharmacistChiropractorsPhysician AssistantPrimary Care PhysicianResidentsNursesMedical StudentsEmergency MedicineNurse AssistantsHealthcare ProvidersPrimary Care PractitionersRegistered Cardiovascular SpecialistsER physiciansNurse PractitionersParamedicsPodiatristPrimary Care ProvidersER NursesCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    SPECIALITIES

    Emergency MedicineFamily MedicineInternal MedicineOrthopedicsCritical Care Medicine

    CONFERENCE VENUE

    LocationSnowbird Ski & Summer Resort
    Highway 210, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Cliff Lodge, Entry #4

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