NOLS Wilderness Medicine Courses
Crossing Latitudes proudly teaches NOLS Wilderness Medicine courses, empowering outdoor enthusiasts and professionals to take action in recognising, treating and preventing injury and illness.
Experience the wilderness wisely and responsibly, and adventure with confidence.
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Ensure that you’re prepared to keep yourself and others safe by taking a wilderness medicine course with us.
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Learn NOLS’ industry-leading, data and research driven wilderness medicine curriculum and develop new skills and confidence through immersive, hands-on practice.
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Our Wilderness Medicine Courses
WFA
Wilderness First Aid
Description: Fast paced and hands-on, this Wilderness First Aid course covers a wide range of wilderness medicine topics for people who travel and enjoy the outdoors. Whether spending time in the backcountry is your passion or your profession, you should never have to ask, "What do I do now?" On this course, you'll learn how to prepare for the unexpected. In just a few days, you'll have the knowledge, skills and ability to make sound decisions in emergency situations. CPR is included.
CPR: Included
Hours / Days: 24+ hours / 3 Days
Language(s): English, Swedish, Finnish
Locations: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, and many more!
Pre-requisites: ALL are welcome! No prior experience required.
Possibility to recertify a WFR/WAFA/WEMT (wilderness portion only)
Yes, if you hold a valid NOLS WFR/WAFA certificate
WAFA
Wilderness AdvanceD First Aid
Description: Wilderness Advanced First Aid (WAFA) courses are designed for trip leaders and those travelling or working in remote areas and who want a more extensive training program than the Wilderness First Aid course. Fast paced and hands-on, this course covers a wide range of wilderness medicine topics including stabilisation, treatment, and evacuation guidelines for patients in backcountry environments. The emphasis is placed on long- term patient care, management and specific injury evaluation.
CPR: Included
Hours / Days: 40+ hours / 5 Days
Language(s): English
Locations: Sweden, Hungary, and more!
Pre-requisites: ALL are welcome! No prior experience required.
Possibility to recertify a WFR/WAFA/WEMT (wilderness portion only)
Yes, if you hold a valid NOLS WFR/WAFA certificate
WFR
Wilderness First responder
Description: A WFR is an essential wilderness first aid education for anyone who spends significant time in remote places or who has a professional career in the outdoors. The Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course will prepare you to make difficult medical decisions. This course is fast-paced and engaging. You'll spend half your time outside of the classroom practising hands-on skills and realistic scenarios as well as a full-scale night scenario.
Locations: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and many more!
Pre-requisites: ALL are welcome! No prior experience required.
Possibility to recertify a WFR/WAFA/WEMT (wilderness portion only)
Yes
CPR: Included
Hours / Days: 90+ hours / 10,5 Days
Language(s): English
WFR-R
Wilderness First responder Recertification
Description: The WFR-R is an immersive 3-day scenario-based course aimed at updating students on the latest wilderness medicine techniques and protocols. During this course students will practice skills, while reviewing evacuation and decision-making principles. The use of case studies, discussions, and scenarios with added complexity deepens understanding and provides challenges in controlled settings, allowing students to build resilience and confidence.
CPR: Included
Hours / Days: 24+ hours
Language(s): English
Locations: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and more!
Pre-requisites: Valid WFR certificate from a WFR course of 80+ hours, or re-entry year for NOLS WFRs
Read more about recertification eligibility here
Possibility to recertify a WFR/WAFA/WEMT (wilderness portion only)
This is the preferred recertification course for WFRs, WAFAs and WEMTs (wilderness portion only)
Take a course with us!
Be empowered to take action in keeping each other safe in the wilderness and austere environments, learning to recognise, treat and prevent illness and injuries.
About our NOLS Wilderness Medicine courses
Developed by industry experts and experienced practitioners, the NOLS curriculum is field tested by our expedition instructors, backed by research, and informed by decades of injury and illness data. These help us prepare students to respond to the most likely incidents that happen in the wilderness.
We are dedicated to equipping you with the skills and confidence needed to handle emergencies in remote settings. Through our rigorous, data-informed curriculum, you’ll learn to recognize, treat, and prevent injuries and illnesses in the wilderness, and resource limited environments. Our hands-on courses, led by expert NOLS instructors, offer practical scenarios that allow you to build critical skills, empowering you to respond effectively when resources are limited and immediate help isn’t available.
Why Us
Whether you're a university student, part of an outdoor organisation, or an individual enthusiast, our courses are open to anyone seeking high-quality, reliable training in wilderness first aid. NOLS Wilderness Medicine courses provide an exceptional opportunity to build essential skills, discover your unique leadership style, and gain confidence in managing and adapting to the unpredictable medical challenges of remote outdoor environments.
Our skilled instructors bring a wealth of diverse experiences and years of expertise, each with a dynamic background that makes learning engaging and impactful. Passionate about wilderness medicine, they bring energy, sparkling humour, humanity, and real-world knowledge to every course, creating an inspiring and memorable training environment.
We always welcomed a large variety of students from around the world on our courses, making our them international, multicultural, and vibrant experiences.
Custom courses for your organisation
Are you a school or organisation that wishes to host or organise a NOLS Wilderness Medicine course?
Do you and your team work in specialised environments, participate in specific activities or use specialised equipment?
Crossing Latitudes has sponsored NOLS Wilderness Medicine courses in the USA, England, Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Nepal and more!
We have worked with folks who work in all continents with varying activities including sailing, kayaking, mountaineering, dog sledding, snow mobiling and much, much more!
If you are interested in having a NOLS Wilderness Medicine course for your organisation, please contact us and we will try to set one up.
Find out more about our available NOLS Wilderness Medicine courses.
Click through to find out where and when our various courses are available! Or write to us with any questions, we’d love to hear from you at info@crossinglatitudes.com