Basic Wilderness Life Support TM ​is a medical certification through the University of Utah School of Medicine. It is valid for three years. It is great for anyone who spends time in the outdoors- both those with prior medical training and without. This course covers the following topics:

• Patient Assessment

• How to Stop Bleeding and improvise tourniquets

• How to handle bears and mountain lions

• Snake bites

• Lightning

• Flash Floods

• How to escape a sinking car

• Heat and Cold Injuries

• Legal Considerations

• How to use an epi pen

• Drowning rescue

• Avalanches

• Planning and using a basic medical kit

• Finding water and treating it

• Special considerations for women- recognizing predators, self defense tactics, human trafficking

  You can choose to attend either the live Zoom lecture or receive the recording to watch any time. BWLS also includes lifetime access to the textbook and podcasts.

  Pass the final exam (>70% correct) in order to receive the official certificate.

  We will send you the Zoom link when you enroll. Can’t make it to a session? No problem. You'll be sent a recording.