Specialty Courses

Our specialty courses are designed to dive deep into essential wilderness medical topics. These shorter, skill-focused trainings give you the tools to handle Arkansas-specific challenges and emergencies with confidence.

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Wild Med: B.I.T.E

Bugs, Irritants, Toxins, and Envenomation—learn how to identify, treat, and prevent bites, stings, rashes, and venomous encounters from Arkansas-native snakes, spiders, insects, and plants.

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Wild Med: Weather

Prepare for extreme weather conditions. This course covers prevention, recognition, and treatment of heat illness, cold exposure, lightning strikes, and severe weather emergencies.

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Wild Med: L.I.F.T

Learn how to safely move and stabilize injured patients in the field using both standard and improvised transport methods—perfect for teams, backcountry leaders, and first responders.

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Splinting

Hands-on training in splinting using both medical equipment and creative improvisation. Gain confidence in stabilizing fractures and sprains when you're far from help.

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Improvised Survival

What if you’re stuck in the wild with just the clothes on your back? This practical course teaches shelter, fire, water, signaling, and survival strategies using whatever you can find.

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Wild Med: Trauma

A concentrated, high-impact course on managing trauma in the field. Practice rapid patient assessment, tourniquet application, bleeding control under pressure.

Train WILD. Act smart. Stay alive.