Essential Wilderness Life Support (EWLS)

Medical care when help is hours away

Intermediate7 hours16 lessonsCertificate included

$69 USD

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About this course

EWLS equips outdoor professionals with knowledge to assess, manage, and stabilise medical emergencies in remote environments far from definitive care. Covers wilderness trauma, environmental emergencies, and evacuation.

What you'll learn

Conduct thorough patient assessment remotely

Manage trauma and fractures in the field

Treat heat, cold, and altitude emergencies

Manage envenomations and infections

Package patients for evacuation

Make evacuate vs treat-in-place decisions

Curriculum

Module 1: Wilderness Patient Assessment2 lessons

Scene Safety in the Wilderness10 minPreview

Primary & Secondary Survey Outdoors15 minPreview

Module 2: Wilderness Trauma3 lessons

Bleeding Control & Wound Care in the Field12 min

Fractures, Dislocations & Improvised Splinting15 min

Module 2 Quiz5 min

Module 3: Environmental Emergencies3 lessons

Heat Emergencies12 min

Hypothermia & Cold Injuries12 min

Altitude Sickness – AMS, HACE, HAPE12 min

Module 4: Final Assessment2 lessons

EWLS Scenario Practice20 min

Final Certification Exam20 min

Instructor

Philip Ochieng

Wilderness Medicine Instructor & Mountain Rescue Medic

Philip has led wilderness medicine programmes across East African national parks and mountains.

Requirements

Basic first aid or BLS knowledge recommended

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