Wilderness Medicine

You and a friend are on a long run in the foothills of the Laramie Range in Wyoming. It’s a hot day. Four hours into the run your companion stumbles, slows, staggers, and sits on a log. He says he “feels awful.”

A trip participant has trouble on a rappel. When they are safely on the ground, you begin your patient assessment. Test your wilderness medicine skills with this case study.

When symptoms are hard to define, the skills of decision-making and problem solving become more important. Test what you know in this case study!

Do you know how to prevent, recognize, and treat a non-freezing cold injury (NFCI)? Test your wilderness medicine skills with this case study.

Knowing the SOAP note steps can help communicate accurate information to providers, which is especially useful now that more providers prefer a phone call before coming in with an ailment or injury

Do you know the proper protocols for a patient with a suspected spine injury?

Do you know how to test an ankle injury for usability?

Do you know how to prevent, recognize, and treat a non-freezing cold injury (NFCI)? Test your wilderness medicine skills with this case study.

This case study tests how well you can adapt when your patient has a potential life threat.

Always start with the first 5 steps of the scene size-up when responding to an emergency.

You've spotted a fallen hiker on the trail: thinking back to your NOLS Wilderness Medicine course, do you remember how to perform an initial assessment?

This case study tests how well you can adapt when you're responsible for not just one patient, but an entire group.

Test your wilderness medicine knowledge with this case study about a patient with flu-like symptoms that may be related to a tick-borne illness.

You're a first responder helping a patient who was bucked off their horse. The assessment might reveal something more troubling than what meets the eye…

Test your knowledge about caring for patients who may have head injuries with this wilderness medicine case study.

So many abbreviations, so little time! Take a look at these need-to-know acronyms for wilderness medicine.

Test your knowledge with a case study based on a real event in the '80s where Wilderness First Responders aided a hiker suffering from weakness and lethargy.

The patient commented that their toes have been cold and numb all day, but thought they could get by until getting into their sleeping bag. Read the full case study to see what you know about frostbite.

See if you know how to aid an injured skier with this wilderness medicine case study.

The patient is a 30-year-old complaining of fatigue, dizziness, and a headache—how will you respond? Test your knowledge with this case study.

You find a hiker who you think might be suffering from altitude illness - after introducing yourselves, and with the patient's permission, you and the SAR team members begin an assessment. Test your knowledge with this case study

Test your wilderness medicine skills to see how you would respond to this first-aid scenario.

Test whether you know what to do in this case study of a storm brewing and a nearby lightning strike.

Test how you would respond to possible frostbite with this wilderness medicine case study.