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Latest Episodes

Episode 15: US Forest Service EMS
May 08, 2022

We're joined by Dr. Michelle Curry, the new EMS medical director of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). As of this episode, the USFS EMS program is just now coming into its own, with a uniform set of poli

Episode 14: A Conversation with Tod Schimelpfenig & David Johnson
May 03, 2021

On Episode 13, we explored the role of WFR's and challenged some aspects of the way they're educated and regulated (or not). In this episode, Tod Schimelpfenig (recently retired Director of Curriculum at NOLS WMI) and David "DJ" Johnson (President of...

Episode 13: WTF is a WFR?
December 07, 2020

WFR (Wilderness First Responder) is arguably the nucleus of wilderness medicine education. But what does it really represent- first aid, Basic Life Support, or some kind of hybrid? Where did this curriculum originate, and is it still appropriate in...

Episode 11: On Excellence
May 08, 2020

We talk with Justin "Padj" Padgett, co-founder of Landmark Learning- about the nature of excellence and its nexus with wilderness medicine practice and teaching. Padj has spent his professional life thinking about and researching excellence, and is...

Episode 10: COVID-19 In The Wilderness
April 22, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus at the time of this episode, but there are already some lessons that can be applied to SAR responses involving known or suspected COVID-19 patients. We discuss respiratory protection for responders, airway management and...

Episode 9: There Will Be Blood
May 17, 2019

TXA, Tourniquets, and Transfusions

Episode 8: Online And Outside of the Box
January 26, 2019

Distance Wilderness Medical Training with Teal Harbin