The Tahoe Rim Trail Association (TRTA) is now accepting registrations for its Hybrid Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To help prepare hikers, campers and others for outdoor adventures, REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.), today announced new Wilderness First Aid courses, available in REI ...

In 2007, after fighting a fire in Arizona, one of Zach Hartshorn's fellow firefighters wandered into a field of thick brush. The local search and rescue didn’t find him until early the next morning ...

SANTA CRUZ — On the UC Santa Cruz campus, 30 students are pretending to break and reset bones. These students are trained wilderness first responders. After completing an intensive 10-day WFR course ...

LANDER, WYO. — The 911 operator remains calm through the frantic call for help — a mountain lion has mauled a biker deep in the canyon, 13 miles from the nearest town. The caller is sobbing. An hour ...

Exploring Arizona can be beautiful, breathtaking and sometimes even thrilling. From rocky Grand Canyon trails to the secluded Sedona wilderness, thousands of hikers venture away from civilization.

Evidence that there is a heaven on earth has been found. God sent a tour guide. Her name is Amy Beirne, and as an instructor for Nols (National Outdoor Leadership School), this Vail-based outdoor ...

Longleaf Wilderness Medicine based in Sandpoint, Idaho, also offers wilderness first aid and first responder trainings. Longleaf will offer a two-day Wilderness first aid course in Spokane Oct. 1 ...

The Wilderness Medicine Institute taught 12,165 students last year in 46 states and a dozen countries. More than 1,100 of them were taught in Wyoming. The institute's director and cofounder, Melissa ...