All Wilderness Medics Inc. contractors are required to attend an 8-hour refresher and continuing education course each year, as well as well as being required to meet the arduous level pack test standard, before they can be placed on our contractor pool list.
This refresher/continuing education course meets the requirements set by the NWCG for a firefighter type II, which is a minimum standard for all Wilderness Medics Inc. contractors working on wild land fires.
Our continuing education course brings in doctors and other instructors in our field to lecture on relevant topics and to answer frequently asked questions. We also annually lecture on over the counter medications (OTC) commonly seen at large wild land incident camps. An additional benefit to our contractors is that you will receive continuing education (CE) hours for attending.
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Wilderness Medics Inc. Paramedics & RNs come from large metropolitan fire departments and EMS services in the Phoenix area, throughout Arizona, and from many other states. Our Paramedics & RNs have vast experience in cardiac, respiratory, diabetic, traumatic emergencies and many more. They have gained their experience on the streets of the cities they work in, and bring that knowledge and experience to the wilderness setting. Many of our Paramedics & RNs have many years experience working in the wild land setting on forest fires and other major federal incidents. They also bring their many other forms of training to your incident. This includes Toxicology Medics, Technical rescue, Hazardous Materials Technicians, and Urban Search, Rescue Team members and Paramedics & RNs.
Our Paramedics and RNs work under a vast set of standing orders created specifically for their use in the wilderness setting. Our medical directors are available 24 hours a day for on line medical direction when needed. Paramedics working for Wilderness Medics Inc. are insured and licensed to work in the state they are assigned. We work directly with each state to guarantee our personnel are always working legally and professionally.
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We are fortunate to be associated with many exceptional medical directors and their hospitals across the western United States. Our doctors bring their many combined years of experience, training, and progressive approaches in emergency medicine to the wilderness setting. The unique environments and regions our doctors come from allow Wilderness Medics Inc. to bring their expertise in such areas as wilderness medicine; emergency medicine, traumatic injures, cardiac emergencies, respiratory emergencies and environmental emergencies.
Our association with our doctors and their hospitals allows our personnel to have available to them 24 hour a day on-line medical direction where ever they are assigned.
Wilderness Medics Inc. practices in a legal and professional manor at all times. We work directly with each state to assure our ability to respond to your orders at a moments notice. We work in accordance with each states guidelines, ordinances, and laws regarding reciprocity, licensure, and certifications. If you have any questions regarding our services or ability to work in your location please contact directly at 602-787-3909
Medical Directors
- Arizona Base Station Medical Director
- Colorado Medical Director
- New Mexico Medical Director
- Montana/ Idaho Medical Director
Wilderness Medics Inc. Red carded medics and EMT’s needed immediately for the 2011 wildland fire season. Call ASAP (623) 694-1896 or (602) 694-3595. For further information check-out our website at Wilderness Medics
With Arizona having several wildfires right now there is a large demand for trained corporate medical service teams. Wilderness Medics can help with the training that you need to help with these fires. Their Team is highly qualified and are used to doing what is needed to make sure that everyone is safe and treated immediately when needed.
The Wallow Fire is a very large fire of over 100,000 acres and Wilderness Medics are at the location responding to needs of the firefighters and all others at the location. We would like to extend special thanks to all helping to fight the Wallow Fire and other fires in Arizona at this time. Wilderness Medics are also at other fire locations throughout the state like the Murphy, Horseshoe II, and Miller Fire.
Great Job they are doing responding with trained medical teams at all the locations above.
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According to an article from the Enviro-Tech International website, it is important to have trained professionals ready for emergencies to arise in remote areas. When medical problems come up miles and miles away from advanced medical care facilities in the wilderness, every decision you make is important to the survival of the victum. Extended medical care teams train for medical treatment in remote areas, where they must face life-saving decisions. There are three important areas that these teams must prepare for when out in the field:
1. These medical teams must prepare to take care of the patient out on field, instead of in normal emergency rooms at local hospitals. They must learn how to prepare for any circumstance that mother nature might present them in the wilderness.
2. Working in remote setting, equipment can be limited for the use of treating the patient. These special teams must train in using limited resources depending on the emergency situation.
3. Working in remote locations can mean difficult environments rescuers have to go through. Whether it be extreme cold or heat situations, these medical teams must train to rescue patients in any environment.
Wilderness medics provides training for Emts, Paramedic in Northern Arizona remote, wilderness settings. For more information contact Wilderness Medics at 406.821.9933
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A wild land fire is a fire that is unplanned and occurs in largely undeveloped forest, shrub or grassland. In recent years, the occurrence of wild land fires has increased worldwide and while many of these fires are caused by lightning, four out of five wild land fires are caused by people.
There are three different types of wild land fires, each with varying intensity. The first of these is a surface fire which is the most common type of wild land fire and burns along the forest floor. The second type of wild land fire is a ground fire. These are normally caused by lightning and burn on the forest floor in the humus layer (the dead organic matter on the floor such as leaves) down to the forest’s soil. The final type of wild land fire is a crown or canopy fire. These are high intensity fires that jump along the top of trees and are spread by wind.
Wild Land fires also have emergency medical teams there to help with all medical emergencies no matter how big or small. These teams are composed of highly trained individuals who are there for first response to any one injured or needing medical assistance.
Wilderness Medics provides experienced EMT’s, Paramedics & RNs from large metropolitan fire departments and EMS services. Their red card, line certified, arduous tested, National Registry EMT’s and Paramedics & RNs bring thier vast experience in cardiac, respiratory, and traumatic emergencies to your personnel. Their medical directors provide experience and progressive approach in emergency medicine and occupational health. Their Paramedics and RN’s are available 24 hours a day for on line medical direction when needed.
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The MMIRC is a self-contained major medical incident triage, treatment, and management supply cache. It is designed to flown to any remote location by a medium or heavy helicopter. This piece of equipment is specifically designed for management of incidents involving fire line crews, such as: burn over, bus accidents, and many other major medical emergencies. The MMIRC has a supply cache that can manage twenty or more patients. The MMIRC can be delivered to any incidents helibase by trailer. A helitack certified flight harness and all weight specifications are included with cache.