Wilderness EMT

Product information for Wilderness EMT

Taught by experienced Offshore and Remote Site Care Providers with diverse backgrounds, our WEMT course teaches students the skills to confidently provide care in both the urban and wilderness setting in a relaxed, experiential atmosphere.

Held in the beautiful North Cascade mountains of Washington State at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, this course includes all food and lodging. All food served at the facility is organic and local.

Successful graduates of this course receive:

• EMT-B from the National Registry of EMTs
• CPR for Healthcare Providers from the American Heart Association
  
• Wilderness/Remote EMT from Remote Medical International
• Medical Person in Charge from Remote Medical International

For more information, please call our office at 800-597-4911

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Wilderness EMT Course Information

Wilderness EMT Course Schedule

The Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician (WEMT) course prepares students for work as professional providers of remote and wilderness care. WEMTs have opportunities to work in unique environments like ski patrol, doing standby rescue at remote locations and businesses, performing medic duties on expeditions, working as medics in National Parks, on wildland fire lines, or for urban ambulance services.

The WEMT program at Remote Medical International is taught by Remote Site care providers with experienced Wilderness EMTs, Critical Care Nurses, Paramedics, and Emergency Physicians as guest lecturers. The course format is a combination of lecture, realistic scenarios in real-time, and hospital emergency department internships.

This course will be held at:

The North Cascade Institute Environmental Learning Center

Located 1.5 hours east of Sedro-Woolley on the North Cascades Highway/State Route 20 East. 

WEMT Course Site Information:

Lodging: The Learning Center has three lodges for housing instructors and participants. Each lodge has shared gender-specific bathrooms with showers. The bedrooms vary from two to three twin beds per room. There are several public computers on campus with internet access. Two lodges have a lounge area with sofas, chairs and a limited kitchenette. If you forget your bedding or are traveling from a long distance, we have limited linen supplies for rent during your stay. If you choose to rent these items, please come prepared with cash or check to be paid upon check-in.

Meals

Breakfast and dinner will be served in the lakeside dining hall. As part of our Foodshed Project, we try to obtain as many ingredients as possible from local growers and suppliers.

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