Wilderness Medicine & Survival CME Skills Course & Whitewater Rafting Adventure (Jun 07 - 12, 2026)

Wilderness Medicine & Survival CME Skills Course & Whitewater Rafting Adventure is organized by Wilderness Medicine and will be held from Jun 07 - 12, 2026 at Paradise Point, Happy Camp, California, United States of America.

June 7 - 12, 2026 - WTM Intensive Skills Course Only

June 7 - 14, 2026 - WTM Intensive Skills Course & Mt. Shasta Climb

Wilderness & Expedition Medicine Skills Include:

• Hypothermia, frostbite, heat illness, and altitude illness

• Field management of wounds, fractures, dislocations, and sprains including reduction and improvised splinting techniques

• Snake envenomations, wilderness ENT problems

• Backcountry evacuation, helicopter rescue, improvised carries, packaging, and litters

• Lightning, OB/GYN in the wilderness, waterborne illness/disinfection

• Patient assessment in an austere/wilderness setting

• Preparing a medical kit for travel, adventures, and expeditions

Wilderness Survival & Travel Skills Include:

• Fire starting, shelter building, signaling, attaining water

• Ropes & knots for survival and rescue

• Orienteering (map/compass, GPS, etc.) and navigation

• Blister prevention and treatment

• Whitewater rafting skills and cold-water immersion

• Flood and swift-water crossing techniques

• Wilderness rescue, communications, emergencies in airplanes

• Basic mountaineering, ice axe, and snow travel skills (optional, taught by SWS Mountain Guides)

Course Content Includes:

• Altitude Illness

• Hypothermia

• Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries

• Environmental Heat Illness

• Traveler's Diarrhea, Giardia & Other Waterborne Wilderness Infections

• Surviving the Unexpected Night Out

• Lightning Injuries

• Improvised Medical and Trauma Care

• Management of Fractures and Dislocations

• Preparing for Foreign Travel

• Backcountry Medical Kits

• Wilderness Wound Management

• Patient Assessment in Wilderness Settings

• Wilderness Dermatology

• Marine Hazards & Envenomations

• Snake Envenomation