Our next public offering is being planned for July 2026. If you’d like to be placed on a wait-list, please email david.fifer@redstarmedical.org

EKU’s Maywoods Lodge

TO REGISTER as an individual, —>click this link<— for our Google Forms-based registration form. For group reservations, contact course coordinator David Fifer at david.fifer@redstarmedical.org.

The WMSO course is intended for any licensed/certified medical professional, or medical professional in training, who has an interest in wilderness medicine. This course balances didactic learning with realistic, hands-on scenarios that emphasize technical skill. This course is an approved WP-C review course by the International Board of Speciality Certifications, and also includes third-party certification in Wilderness Life Support for the Medical Professional (WLS:MP).

A pre-requisite for this course is a professional healthcare certification, such as EMT, Paramedic, RN, APRN, PA, MD/DO, or status as a student in such a field. This is not a WFA/WFR course and is not intended to be an introduction to patient care.

Our instructors are physicians, paramedics, nurses, and EMTs who are active members of wilderness rescue teams and nationally-known subject matter experts.

Topics covered include:

• Rescue Medicine
• Airway management
• Communications
• Pharmacology
• Prolonged Field Care
• Animal, Insect, Arthropod, & Marine envenomations
• Avalanche Response
• Dive Medicine
• HEENT problems
• High Altitude Problems
• Hyperthermia, Hypothermia & Frostbite treatment
• Wilderness Infectious Disease
• Lightning Injuries
• Medical kits & Specialized Equipment
• Medical Problems
• Patient Movement in the Wilderness
• Patient Assessment
• Patient Packaging, Evacuation, and Rope Rescue
• Submersion Injuries
• Water Disinfection & Purification
• Wound & Musculoskeletal Injuries Management

Registration price is $1,000, and includes an on-site lodging option in semi-private bunk-style accomodations (see the student course guide as well as the information, below). Registration closes after 20 paid-in-full seats.

Price covers 40+ hours of instruction, certification/CME fees, course textbook, and lodging, either in semi-private bunk house accommodations (3-4 twin mattress bunk beds per room, separated in male & female wings containing several rooms, with male/female bathrooms and individual showers) or camp sites. Price does NOT include food. The venue features a well-equipped commercial kitchen, with generous refrigerated storage for personal food/drink items.

TO REGISTER as an individual, —>click this link<— for our Google Forms-based registration form. For group reservations, contact course coordinator David Fifer at david.fifer@redstarmedical.org.

WLS:MP is approved for 21.5 AMA PRA Category 1 and FAWM Credits through the Wilderness Medical Society. The WLS:MP program is also approved by ACEP, AAFP and AAPA, and can be used for EMS and Nursing CEUs hour-for-hour, subject to approval by state governing bodies.

The student course guide is below, with a download link beneath the preview. If viewing on mobile, it may appear as a small link entitled “wmso-info-packet-2025.pdf.”