W
ILDERNESS
M
EDICAL
S
OCIETY
3595 East Fountain Blvd. Suite A1
Colorado Springs, CO 80910
Phone: 719-572-9255
Fax: 719-572-1514
E-mail:
wms@wms.org
Website:
www.wms.org
In response to requests from our members and their colleagues, the Wilderness
Medical Society (WMS) has assembled a listing of providers of wilderness pre-
hospital training. The listing provided is for information only and does not
represent an endorsement by WMS. Other programs may exist. The following
are programs that have informed us of their operation.
American Alpine Institute, Ltd.
Address:
1515 12th Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225
Tel:
360-671-1505
Contact:
Jaime Anderson, Operations Manager
Program:
Wilderness First Responder, Introduction to High Angle Rescue,
Advanced High Angle Rescue (rock, ice, urban), Technical
Climbing Instruction (rock, snow, ice, urban)
CDS Outdoor, Inc
Address:
6450 Lincoln Court
East Petersburg, PA 17520
Tel: 717-560-6289
E-mail:
cporter@cdsoutdoor.org
Website:
www.cdsoutdoor.org
Contact:
Chris Porter, Administrator Director
Program: Wilderness
EMT, Wilderness Command Physician, Basic Search
and Rescue, Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness First Aid,
American Red Cross Emergency Response
Center For Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania
230 McKee Place, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4904
Tel:
412-578-3200
Program:
Basic Wilderness Rescue, Wilderness EMT 1 and 2, Wilderness
Command Physician
First Lead, Wilderness Emergency Training