Current Projects

All our activities are designed to enhance communication and collaboration in the research, teaching and practice of wilderness medicine in the southern Appalachians.

~ Monthly Bulletin. Central to our mission of connectivity is a monthly bulletin. This bulletin is distributed eleven times a year (every month but January) via email. It keeps the Center community updated on regional wilderness medicine activities offered by us and other organizations. To subscribe to this bulletin or get a sample copy, email us at info@appwildmed.org.

~ Calendar. We also maintain a calendar of all known wilderness medicine events in our southern Appalachian region. This calendar is always available at this website by clicking on the Regional Training link on the upper navigation bar. In general this calendar promotes the training offered by other organizations, since numerous organizations are already in place that teach excellent wilderness medicine classes. However, our activities are also listed on this calendar. They include:

~ AWLS Course. We offer an annual Advanced Wilderness Life Support course for healthcare providers, which we teach under license from the University of Utah. Click on the link for more detailed information.

~ Student Conference. We also sponsor an Annual Southeast Student Wilderness Medicine Conference held each spring at a different university in the southern Appalachians. Click on the link for more detailed information.

~ Other Activities. We also support a number of other activities, including Adventure/Wilderness Race First Aid and Medical Direction Support, efforts to standardize Wilderness EMS protocols at the state level, and the Green EMS Initiative, an innovative effort to improve sustainability in EMS operations.

~ Future Activities. Future activities may include an Annual Risk Management Roundtable for summer camps and outdoor experiential schools, and evening seminars (open to the public) on Wilderness Medicine topics.

The most up-to-date information on our projects is always on our most current bulletin -- we encourage you to subscribe by emailing info@appwildmed.org!