Nationally recognized Aerie Backcountry Medicine is offering a 72-hour WFR course is designed to prepare outdoor leaders to care for injuries & illness in remote, challenging environments.

If you plan to spend time in the backcountry you need to be prepared. Fast paced and hands-on, this two or three-day course covers a wide range of wilderness medicine topics for people who travel and work in the outdoors.

Join the staff of SOLO, nationally recognized leaders in the field of wilderness medicine and rescue, for a 80-hour intensive wilderness emergency care course. Learn skills needed to deal with emergencies in remote settings, with a focus on the extended care often required in wilderness medical emergencies. Practical simulations and lectures. Includes CPR.

This hands-on workshop covers the basics of winter first-aid for outdoor leaders and enthusiasts. Focus is on how to deal with cold-related problems for the patient in backcountry situations.
16 hours of National Registry CEUs.

$215. includes course, meals and lodging. Participants must pre-register.

Backcountry Search & Rescue

This is a two-day (16 hours), introductory course in wilderness search procedures and techniques. Topics include: rescuer preparedness, search management, basic backcountry medicine, navigation, use of ropes and knots, and remote evacuation.

Cost: $215 (includes meals, lodging, and training materials); $175 day students.

Wilderness EMT Module
December 6 - 7, 2008 and
December 13 - 14, 2008

Wilderness First Responder Recertification

Wilderness First Aid Course

Join staff of SOLO for a two-day introductory course in wilderness medical emergencies. Course includes lectures and practical simulations. Designed for outdoor enthusiasts and trip leaders. AHA CPR available for $45. Recognized by American Camp Association and various guide licensing boards.

Join the staff of SOLO, nationally recognized leaders in the field of wilderness medicine and rescue, for a 80-hour intensive wilderness emergency care course. Learn skills needed to deal with emergencies in remote settings, with a focus on the extended care often required in wilderness medical emergencies. Practical simulations and lectures. Includes CPR.

Join author Peter Bronski for a signing of his new book, At the Mercy of the Mountains: True Stories of Survival and Tragedy in New York’s Adirondacks, on Monday, June 9, beginning at 7:00pm at the Barnes & Noble in South Burlington.