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WILDERNESS MEDICINE COURSE - CENTRAL AUSTRALIA 3 DAY COURSE 17-19 JULY

A$1,850.00 FREE shipping

Outback Wilderness Response – Wilderness Medicine Course   (3 Days)
Wilderness | Rescue | Medicine

This 3-day immersive field course is designed for clinicians operating in remote, wilderness, and resource-limited settings, with a focus on practical skills, environmental challenges, and critical decision-making under pressure. Set deep in the rugged Larapinta Trail region of Central Australia, the course blends theory with hands-on scenarios in canyons, gorges, rivers, and ridgelines—where evacuation is delayed, resources are limited, and clinical judgement matters most.

Why attend?

  • Train in authentic wilderness conditions

  • Learn from expert paramedics and retrieval clinicians

  • Expand your capability in remote care and field leadership

  • Build confidence in managing complex cases without backup

Course Subjects Include:

  • Austere trauma care & prolonged field treatment

  • Wilderness survival techniques

  • Environmental emergencies (heat, cold immersion, envenomation)

  • Navigation, communications & SAR 

  • Helicopter & 4WD evacuation planning

  • Medical decision-making in resource-scarce environments

Scenario Types:

  • Gorge and canyon trauma extrication

  • Cold water immersion shock and hypothermia

  • Night search and rescue with patient packaging

  • Remote primary survey and prolonged care 

  • Multi-casualty incidents with limited equipment

This course is essential for paramedics, nurses, doctors, and rescuers seeking to hone their skills where wilderness meets medicine.

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WILDERNESS MEDICINE COURSE - 3 DAY WEST MACS $1680

A$1,680.00 FREE shipping

Outback Wilderness Response – Wilderness Medicine Course   (3 Days) June 26-28
Wilderness | Rescue | Medicine

This 3-day immersive field course is designed for clinicians operating in remote, wilderness, and resource-limited settings, with a focus on practical skills, environmental challenges, and critical decision-making under pressure. Set deep in the rugged Larapinta Trail region of Central Australia, the course blends theory with hands-on scenarios in canyons, gorges, rivers, and ridgelines—where evacuation is delayed, resources are limited, and clinical judgement matters most.

Why attend?

  • Train in authentic wilderness conditions

  • Learn from expert paramedics and retrieval clinicians

  • Expand your capability in remote care and field leadership

  • Build confidence in managing complex cases without backup

Course Subjects Include:

  • Austere trauma care & prolonged field treatment

  • Wilderness survival techniques

  • Environmental emergencies (heat, cold immersion, envenomation)

  • Navigation, communications & SAR 

  • Helicopter & 4WD evacuation planning

  • Medical decision-making in resource-scarce environments

Scenario Types:

  • Gorge and canyon trauma extrication

  • Cold water immersion shock and hypothermia

  • Night search and rescue with patient packaging

  • Remote primary survey and prolonged care 

  • Multi-casualty incidents with limited equipment

This course is essential for paramedics, nurses, doctors, and rescuers seeking to hone their skills where wilderness meets medicine.

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3 Day Wilderness Medicine Course August 14-16

A$1,850.00 FREE shipping

OUTBACK WILDERNESS RESPONSE

3-Day Wilderness Medicine Course

Navigation. Survival. Remote Medicine.

West MacDonnell & Chewings Ranges, Northern Territory

When you are hours from help, your clinical skills are only one part of the mission.

This 3-day wilderness medicine course is built around the realities of remote care: difficult terrain, heat, distance, navigation challenges, limited equipment, delayed rescue, team decision-making and patient care beyond the track.

Set in the stunning West MacDonnell and Chewings Ranges, participants will explore remote Central Australian terrain while developing practical skills in navigation, survival, wilderness medicine and remote rescue.

This is not a standard classroom course.

This is medicine where the map runs out.

Course Dates

26–28 June 2026
17–19 July 2026
14–16 August 2026

Course begins on the morning of Day 1 and finishes late afternoon on Day 3.

Pick-up and drop-off from Alice Springs can be arranged.

What to Expect

Across three days, participants will move between practical teaching, field-based skills, hiking, camping, navigation activities and realistic wilderness medicine exercises.

The course is designed to build confidence in remote environments where help may be delayed, communications may be limited and the terrain itself becomes part of the problem.

Day 1 — Remote Readiness & Field Skills

Participants begin with an introduction to operating safely in remote Central Australia, including environmental risk, team safety, communication planning and basic navigation concepts.

The day includes practical field skills, wilderness medicine foundations and preparation for operating away from easy access to vehicles, clinics or hospitals.

Participants will begin developing confidence in moving through remote terrain, assessing risk and preparing for field-based patient care.

Day 2 — Navigation, Survival & Live Wilderness Exercises

Day 2 takes participants deeper into the landscape, with a stronger focus on navigation, survival priorities and scenario-based learning.

Participants may be involved in hiking-based activities, search-style tasks, patient access challenges, remote treatment scenarios, team problem-solving and delayed rescue planning.

The course includes camping and night-based activities, giving participants exposure to the challenges of operating after dark, managing fatigue, maintaining situational awareness and continuing patient care in difficult conditions.

Day 3 — Remote Rescue & Integrated Scenario Learning

The final day brings the course together with more complex field exercises and team-based scenarios.

Participants will apply navigation, survival, clinical care, communication, packaging and evacuation planning in realistic wilderness situations.

The focus is on practical decision-making, leadership, patient safety, team safety and understanding how to manage a remote incident from first contact through to evacuation planning.

Skills Covered

Navigation and route planning
Remote area safety
Survival priorities
Water, heat and shelter considerations
Emergency communication planning
Wilderness trauma care
Heat illness and dehydration
Snakebite awareness
Patient assessment in austere environments
Prolonged field care
Patient packaging and movement
Search and rescue-style thinking
Night operations principles
Evacuation and retrieval planning
Team leadership and decision-making

Live Field Experiences

Participants can expect a highly practical course involving:

Hiking through remote terrain
Camping in the West Macs region
Navigation-based challenges
Survival-focused activities
Night operations
Search and rescue-style exercises
Remote patient care scenarios
Canyon, gorge and range-based learning environments
Patient packaging and evacuation planning
Beautiful Central Australian landscapes

Who This Course Is For

This course is designed for:

Doctors
Paramedics
Nurses
Rescue workers
Park rangers
Outdoor guides
Remote workers
Expedition leaders
Emergency services personnel
Adventure and trekking staff

You do not need to be an expert navigator or survival specialist. The course is designed to build practical confidence in remote and austere environments.

Accreditation

Accredited through the Academy of Extreme Medicine for 28 Fellowship Points.

Why Train With OWR?

Remote medicine is more than clinical treatment.

It is knowing how to move, survive, communicate, lead, improvise and make decisions when resources are limited and help is not close.

The West MacDonnell and Chewings Ranges provide one of the most spectacular outdoor classrooms in Australia — rugged, remote, beautiful and unforgiving.

This course brings together navigation, survival and wilderness medicine in a practical, hands-on adventure-based learning experience.

Bookings & Enquiries

Email: owr@outlook.com.au
Phone: 0450 835 166

Limited places available.

Outback Wilderness Response
Navigation. Survival. Medicine beyond the track.

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Welcome to Outback Wilderness Response

                  At Outback Wilderness Response, we provide essential medical support and training for adventurers in Central Australia

  • "Explore the Untamed!"

 

 

Services

Medical Evacuation

Outback Wilderness Response delivers rapid, expert medical care for outdoor adventurers facing emergencies in remote and high-risk environments, with specialized operations along the Larapinta Trail.

Our elite wilderness paramedics provide advanced on-site treatment and coordinate urgent evacuations by 4WD or helicopter, ensuring  injured or ill individuals are evacuated and transported without delay.

When every minute counts, we bring medical care directly to the field—swift, decisive, and prepared for the extreme.

 

Wilderness Medical Support

Outback Wilderness Response offers a full spectrum of medical services to support hikers and adventurers on the Larapinta Trail.

Our services include real-time Telehealth consultations with wilderness medical specialists, customized treatment planstailored to your specific needs and conditions, access to essential medical supplies strategically positioned along the trail, and on-demand wilderness paramedic support for both routine care and emergency response.

Designed for the realities of remote environments, our integrated services ensure you remain safe, prepared, and protected throughout your journey—no matter how isolated the terrain.

 

 

Wilderness Medicine Courses

Outback Wilderness Response provides advanced training programs designed for both medical and non-medical professionals, equipping them with the skills to manage emergencies effectively and confidently in remote and austere environments.

Our courses focus on critical decision-making, practical emergency interventions, prolonged field care, and resourceful problem-solving under extreme conditions. Participants gain the knowledge, techniques, and confidence required to deliver lifesaving care when professional medical assistance is delayed or unavailable.

Whether preparing expedition leaders, outdoor guides, corporate remote teams, or healthcare providers, our training ensures you are ready to respond decisively when every action counts.

 

 

Outback Wilderness Response strives to create a quality service to assist hikers in challenging and remote environments as well as the retrieval of patients in efficient timeframes

         "Hire a Wilderness Paramedic for Your Trek"

 

Disclaimer:
Outback Wilderness Response is not a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). OWR courses provide practical outdoor education and wilderness skills training but do not deliver nationally accredited qualifications.