The Objectives of AWLS include:
- Providing a practical foundation in Wilderness Medicine for medical professionals
- Teaching patient assessment and treatment guidelines for life support until definitive care or evacuation is available
- Training the provider in methods to manage medical and trauma emergencies and urgencies in the wilderness when evacuation is unavailable or unnecessary
- Teaching techniques and guidelines for evacuation.
Topics include:
- Animal, Insect, Arthropod, Marine Bites & Stings
- Avalanche
- Dive Medicine
- Head, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, Skin
- High Altitude Related Problems
- Hyperthermia, Hypothermia & Frostbite
- Infectious Disease
- Lightning
- Medical kits
- Medical Problems
- Moving an Injured Patient
- Patient Assessment
- Patient Packaging & Evacuation
- Submersion Injuries
- Water Disinfection & Purification
- Wound & Musculoskeletal Injuries Management
Approximately half of the course time is spent in small groups participating in hands on teaching sessions and mock victim scenarios. AWLS is approved for up to 20.5 hours of AMA/PRA Category 1 Credits through the Wilderness Medical Society. Some courses may be approved for additional hours.
AWLS Certification Requirements
- Attendance at the AWLS course lectures
- Completion of the AWLS hands-on teaching sessions
- Completion of the hands-on proficiency scenarios
- Demonstration of competency through written examination
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