Until March of 2025, RedSTAR was the first and only Wilderness EMS unit in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge! Today, we provide world-class Wilderness EMS training as a Kentucky Board of EMS Training and Educational Institution.

Organized in 2015, we provided wilderness and rope rescue-trained EMT’s, Paramedics, RN’s and Physicians to support the highly skilled Powell County Search & Rescue Team, and to surrounding counties as well as state and federal agencies when requested.

Our personnel are world leaders in austere medicine, wilderness EMS, rope rescue, helicopter rescue, and incident management. Our expertise includes:

• Wilderness/austere EMS at the BLS, ALS, and Critical Care levels
• High angle medical care
• Disaster medical operations
• Waterborne EMS
• Dive medicine
• Hoist rescue
• SAR medical support
• Tactical, operational, and low-signature medical support in wilderness areas
• Incident management, including medical and safety planning
• Training delivery, including custom courses