Wilderness Medicine Institute
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The Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI) was founded in 1990 by Melissa Gray and Buck Tilton. WMI was originally headquartered in Pitkin, CO. Through August 1999, WMI offered the SOLO
certification, predominantly on wilderness medicine courses in the western United States.
On September 1, 1999, the Wilderness Medicine Institute was purchased by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). The school maintained its headquarters in Colorado until the summer of 2002, at which point the offices and administrative staff moved to Lander, WY and into the newly finished NOLS international headquarters. In January 2007, WMI entered into a partnership with Landmark Learning of Cullowhee, NC in order to provide the WMI courses in the American southeast.
WMI provides Wilderness First Aid (WFA), Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA), Wilderness First Responder
(WFR), Wilderness Upgrade for Medical Professionals (WUMP), Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician
(WEMT), Wilderness Medicine Practices and Protocols (WMPP), and Wilderness First Responder Recertification courses. WMI also provides custom courses, courses for medical students and physicians and combination courses in conjunction with NOLS Professional Training.
WMI runs approximately 500 courses each year throughout the world and has trained over 88,000 students. The Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS is the largest provider of pre-hospital wilderness medicine training in the world.
Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities
Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities is a school based in Conway, New Hampshire dedicated to wilderness medicine and outdoor leadership training. Founded by Dr. Frank Hubbell in 1976, it was one of the first schools to offer education on wilderness emergency medicine...
certification, predominantly on wilderness medicine courses in the western United States.
On September 1, 1999, the Wilderness Medicine Institute was purchased by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). The school maintained its headquarters in Colorado until the summer of 2002, at which point the offices and administrative staff moved to Lander, WY and into the newly finished NOLS international headquarters. In January 2007, WMI entered into a partnership with Landmark Learning of Cullowhee, NC in order to provide the WMI courses in the American southeast.
WMI provides Wilderness First Aid (WFA), Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA), Wilderness First Responder
Wilderness First Responder
Wilderness First Responders are individuals who are trained to respond to emergency situations in remote settings. They are part of a wide variety of wilderness medical professionals who deal with medical emergencies that occur in wilderness settings....
(WFR), Wilderness Upgrade for Medical Professionals (WUMP), Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician
Wilderness emergency medical technician
Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician, or WEMT, is the second highest level of wilderness emergency medical training available in the USA , or other courses for advanced providers such as AWLS, and RMAP...
(WEMT), Wilderness Medicine Practices and Protocols (WMPP), and Wilderness First Responder Recertification courses. WMI also provides custom courses, courses for medical students and physicians and combination courses in conjunction with NOLS Professional Training.
WMI runs approximately 500 courses each year throughout the world and has trained over 88,000 students. The Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS is the largest provider of pre-hospital wilderness medicine training in the world.