First Aid Information

We are committed to keeping you up to date with the latest information in Wilderness Medicine. Below are down loadable (PDF file) curriculum updates on various subjects.

The updates generally come from Tod Schimelpfenig, our Curriculum Director. If you would like to view these at their source, see them at http://www.nols.edu/wmi/curriculum_updates/

Our updates may also come from David Millar, our Medical Director or Lyn Willcock our Training Manager.

04 Jul 06 10:55 2006 Hydration update (71.3kb) 10 Apr 06 12:15 MARCH 06 NEW CPR CURRICULUM (360.7kb) 02 Dec 05 17:55 American Heart Association changes CPR ratios (315.7kb) 27 Oct 05 14:50 NEW Upgrade courses information (313.4kb) 18 Aug 05 16:30 Wilderness First Aid Protocols and Practices (52.8kb) 28 Jun 05 13:58 June 2005 Wilderness Asthma Management (328.4kb) 13 May 05 14:05 Enrichment/update Immersion Foot (321.6kb) 12 May 05 10:11 10 May 2005 Box Jellyfish envenomation (311.5kb) 10 May 05 12:15 10 May 2005 Pressure Immobilisation Technique (400.1kb) Showing 9 of 9 Documents

Buck Tilton is recognised as one of the gurus of wilderness medicine. He has authored many books and articles on the subject (including our texts) and was a co-founder of WMI (USA) in the early 90's. Below are some of his articles.