Why International Wilderness Life Support?

Most medical training happens indoors, with labs, imaging, consultants, and rapid transport close at hand. But what happens when you’re:

  • On a remote trek or expedition

  • Volunteering overseas in a low-resource setting

  • Responding to a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis

  • Caring for patients where evacuation is delayed or impossible

Designed Specifically for Medical Professionals

This course is thoughtfully designed for:

Physicians (MDs/DOs), Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Experienced healthcare professionals seeking austere medicine training
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What You’ll Learn

IWLS blends wilderness medicine, travel medicine, global health, and disaster response into one cohesive, practical curriculum. You’ll gain confidence in:

  • Patient assessment without technology – refining your exam and decision-making when diagnostics are limited

  • Managing common and high-risk conditions in austere environments – trauma, environmental exposure, infection, altitude, dehydration, and more

  • Evacuation and risk assessment – when to stay, when to move, and how to do it safely

  • Cultural humility & global health awareness – practicing medicine respectfully across cultures and systems

  • Preparation for overseas work & disaster response – what to know before you go, and how to plug into opportunities responsibly

Who This Course Is For

IWLS is ideal if you

  • Love being outdoors and want to feel more prepared medically

  • Are curious about global health or humanita

  • Want to volunteer or respond to disasters—but don’t know where to start

  • Travel internationally and want to practice safer, smarter medicine

  • Want CME that is practical, meaningful, and inspiring

Why Learn With MedTreks

IWLS is developed by MedTreks International, a team of medical professionals, educators, and global travelers who live at the intersection of medicine, adventure, and purpose.

  • Wilderness and expedition medicine

  • Global health and humanitarian work

  • Medical education for clinicians in the real world

Ready to Expand Your Skillset—and Your World?

International Wilderness Life Support is more than a course.
 It’s an invitation to practice medicine with confidence, humility, and purpose—whether you’re on a trail, overseas, or stepping into the unknown.

Join us. Get prepared. And take your medicine beyond borders.

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