Wilderness and Austere Medicine Manuals
Aerie 14th Edition Wilderness Medicine Manual Aerie Backcountry Medicine provides a free downloadable copy of our 14th edition of the Wilderness Medicine text. This PDF enables one the opportunity to access Aerie curriculum.
Austere Emergency Medical Support (AEMS) Field Guide U.S. Department of Homeland Security
The Black, Performance Enhancement for Wildland Firefighters A website (not a manual) that has awesome resources relevant to optimizing performance in austere environments.
Updated Guidance for Medical Provision for Wilderness Medicine Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; 2019
Emergency Medical Services Protocols
For your convenience, some open access EMS protocols.
Austin Travis County Emergency Medical Services A great resource for protocol perspective. Last updated: 2021-10-31
Montana Prehospital Treatment Protocols Montana Board of Medical Examiners. Reviewed 2015, current revision #12 11/2020
National Park Service Emergency Medical Services Protocols and Procedures 2017
EMS Protocols Page “The purpose of this website is to promote openness, discussion and collaboration among system directors in the development of EMS protocols. Our goal is to help improve all EMS protocols to the current state of the science using evidence-based medicine.”
Podcasts
A list of podcast ranging from critical care medicine to wilderness rescue. Some of these I love, some of them I tolerate to get the content…
EMCrit.org Maximally Aggressive Care, Everywhere! From the field to the ICU, EMCrit is about optimal critical care and resuscitation.
embasic.org Your bootcamp guide to Emergency Medicine. Precise lectures on Emergency Medicine topics.
REBEL Cast Podcast of the REBEL EM blog.
The Resus Room From the UK, a variety of Emergency Medicine topics that you’ll use every day in and around the resus room, centered around evidenced based medicine and with reference to national and international guidelines.
Medic Mindset “Ginger Locke is a paramedic and professor of EMS students in the US. She has long been fascinated with the inner-workings of medics minds. In this podcast, she interviews medics face-to-face, in long, intimate format. She thoughtfully asks her guests to open up about their mindset, routines, mistakes, thought-processes, and lessons hard-learned.”
Austin-Travis County EMS System Office of the Medical Director Deputy Medical Director for Austin-Travis County EMS, Dr. Jason Pickett, covers topics of prehospital care, emergency medicine, tactical medicine, rescue, community paramedicine, disaster response, and public health.
SMACC Social Media and Critical Care is a health promotion charity based on the philosophy of FOAM (Free Open Access Medical education – #FOAMed).
Emergency Medicine Cases Emergency medicine education for MDs, residents, students, nurses, and paramedics.
Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast Official podcast of the National Association of EMS Physician’s (NAEMSP) journal.
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine Aeromedical care in rural Australia by Dr Minh Le Cong.
TIPS from CRIT An evidence-based FOAMed podcast for prehospital and critical care professionals, EMTs, paramedics, nurses, respiratory therapists; delivering clinical practice updates, test taking tips, and interview strategies.
The FlightBridgeED Podcast Pre-hospital, critical care, and emergency medicine education podcast presenting the latest evidence-based medicine.
FOAMfrat Podcast A lot of in-depth pre-hospital critical care medicine.
Heavy Lies the Helmet Pre-hospital critical care podcast accredited through partnership with IA MED.
Free Radicals Paramedic Podcast The pre-hospital world is a big one. Four (Australian) blokes trying to make sense of it. Free radicals is about sharing love of this world, through education, ramblings and debate.
Curbside to Bedside Useful, up-to-date prehospital medical education for EMS providers. Fresh content for paramedic students and seasoned clinicians… and personally, I find comfort in their twang.
The Overrun Podcast A podcast that discusses and encourages progressive EMS and pre-hospital medicine.
Medic Up! EMS podcast
Inside EMS News, tips, hot takes on EMS issues.
Special Operations Medicine Prolonged Field Care Working Group. Targeted to the Special Operations medical community with a focus on providing prolonged care in austere environments.
PJ Medcast Pararescue podcast.
DUSTOFF Medic Podcast Education & issues for military flight medics. Plenty of civilian EMS and wilderness EMS overlap.
Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care Podcast
Medic 101 Podcast In depth discussions on Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, the civilian adaptation of TCCC.
RAW Medicine The Remote, Austere, and Wilderness Medicine Podcast hosted by Seth Collings Hawkins, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, MFAWM and David Fifer, NRP. A podcast about providing medicine off the grid.
Red Med Podcast “RED MED is a platform for healthcare professionals working in or aspiring to join Rescue, Expedition & Disaster Response teams. On this podcast we share information, ideas and experiences, course information and connect likeminded members of the RED MED community.”
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Live! Podcast reviews of recent articles form the Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Journal www.wemjournal.org
WEMcast World Extreme Medicine podcast. Expedition, wilderness, and remote medicine.
Disaster Podcast For emergency responders at all levels, but real chatty (I haven’t finished an episode).
On The Line Charlie Palmer hosts this podcast via the University of Montana that addresses the science of Wildland Firefighting from experts in their respective fields. An awesome wilderness medicine resource with episodes on topics such as heat illness, hydration, tactical nutrition, rhabdomyolysis, decision making & cognitive function, and ibuprofen.
TWiP This Week in Parasitism (TWiP) is about eukaryotic parasites with hosts Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier. Daniel Griffin, MD, infectious diseases expert, provides a weekly case study.
This Podcast Will Kill You Grad students studying disease ecology share their love of epidemics and weird medical mysteries.
The Sharp End Stories from the pages of Accidents in North American Climbing, the annual publication of the American Alpine Club (AAC). Host Ashley Saupe interviews and shares lessons from climbers, skiers, and rescuers involved in life-threatening incidents.
Slide: The Avalanche Podcast An educational and public information resource for all things avalanche related. In depth information on critical decision making relevant to more than travel in avalanche terrain.
The Fine Line is a monthly podcast series that tells real stories of adventure, risk and rescue in the backcountry of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
MtnMeister Exploring the minds of those who explore
The Dirtbag Diaries The original outdoor adventure podcast.
The Trail Less Traveled Hosted by friend Mandela, an internationally broadcasted adventure radio series dedicated to documenting humanity & planet earth by gathering stories & sounds from the most remote locations around the world.
Wilderness Medicine Schools and Resources
Wilderness Survival Schools and Resources
EMS, SAR, Rescue Schools and Resources
Tactical Medicine Resources
Outdoor Schools and Organizations
International Travel Resources and Relief Organizations
Friends and Other Links
Doug Peacock, renegade naturalist, a passionate voice for wilderness