Field safety and remote medicine
Because the nearest hospital is nine hours away and someone has to be the medic.
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Wilderness Medical Society
The professional body for wilderness and remote medicine, with education and certification routes relevant to field teams
Join if you employ field teams, and use its certification routes to set a team standard
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Wilderness First Responder course
The standard five-day remote medical certification, around 70 to 80 instructional hours
Budget five days plus thirty hours of prework per person, the real cost of a field medic
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Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
UK expedition medicine course for the person who ends up being the team medic
Send whoever will actually carry the medical kit, not whoever has spare time