Most hikers I know have a story of a "near-miss". This is mine. (NSFW descriptions of accidents, trauma.)

Thanks for fixing the pics, looking sharp!

WEMT is an add on to the EMT-B so you have to do all the EMT stuff first and much of it isn't relevant to wilderness medicine. EMT will give you more basic anatomy/physiology, but much of it is only useful for urban settings or rescuers with pro level equipment and support (such as extrication from a car accident, oxygen flow rates for nasal cannula vs non-rebreather mask, etc). EMT will have more info on medical emergencies since that is 90% of urban EMS (stroke, heart attack, diabetic emergencies, etc) but the most relevant stuff for wilderness such as patient assessment, trauma, environmental emergencies etc should be covered just as well in WFR. I don't want to suggest that medical emergencies can't happen outside and that creates a whole new layer of complication, it's just a matter of emphasis and training time spent.

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