Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Course
Melrose, Australia
06 May 2025 08:00 - 09 May 2025 15:30AUD $1,995.00
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Take Your Medical Skills Into the Field
Could you deliver medical care in remote and unpredictable terrain?
Are you ready to develop your skills in a setting where the environment is as demanding as the medicine?
The Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Course in Melrose, Australia, is a four-day practical training experience designed for medical professionals who want to operate confidently in the world’s most extreme environments. From mountain ranges to resource-poor settings, you’ll gain the practical tools, confidence, and mindset needed to lead and respond in medical emergencies far from help.
Hosted at Camp Willochra, nestled at the base of Mount Remarkable, the course delivers a unique blend of hands-on training, expert-led lectures, and real-world simulations, including a final full-scale Search & Rescue scenario to put your new skills to the test.
Secure your place today with a $400 deposit
What To Expect
Over four days, participants will develop practical expedition medical skills, test their leadership and teamwork in high-pressure scenarios, and apply their knowledge in live expedition exercises.
This course is led by an experienced faculty of expedition medics and extreme environment specialists, bringing real-world insights into remote and pre-hospital care.
Key Learning Areas:
- Overview of Expedition & Wilderness Medicine
- Human Factors
- Crew Resource Management
- Pre-Expedition Planning
- Pre-Existing and Common Conditions
- Dentistry*
- Introduction to Trauma in Resource Poor Settings
- Primary Survey
- Spinal Immobilisation
- Road Traffic Collisions
- Fracture Management
- Catastrophic Bleeding
- Analgesia
- Aeromedical Rescue
- Security on expeditions
- Hills skill
- Medicine in Tropical Environments
- Medicine in Hot Environments
- Altitude Medicine
- Medicine in Cold Environments
- Dive Medicine
- Water Purification
- Comms
- Wound Care
- Medical Kits
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Medico-Legal Considerations
- Search & Rescue Exercise
*Dentistry sessions are subject to faculty availability.
Final Challenge – Search & Rescue Exercise
The course concludes with a full-scale search and rescue scenario, where you’ll be responsible for locating, treating, and evacuating a simulated casualty.
This final challenge brings together all of the skills developed throughout the course and serves as a valuable test of decision-making, resource management, and teamwork under pressure.
Why Choose This Course?
- Led by experienced expedition medics with global field experience
- Outdoor-based practicals that mirror real expedition conditions
- Opportunities to join global responses with organisations like MSF, UK-Med, and Team Rubicon
- Network with like-minded professionals and expand your expedition career pathway
Who Is This Course For?
This course is designed for:
- Doctors, paramedics, nurses, and other healthcare professionals interested in expedition, wilderness, and remote medicine
- Students looking to gain insight into medical careers beyond traditional hospital settings
- Expedition leaders, adventure professionals, and those with advanced first aid training wanting to strengthen their emergency medical skills
CPD: This course has been awarded 26.25 CPD hours by ACRRM.
FAWM: This course has been approved for Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) credits through the Wilderness Medical Society. Actual credits awarded depend on personal credit needs and history.
Not sure if this course is right for you? Book a free 30-minute discovery call with our team.
What’s Included?
- Expert instruction and hands-on training
- All meals and accommodation at Camp Willochra
- Access to essential safety equipment
- Downloadable course resources
What’s NOT Included:
- Travel costs
- Travel insurance
- Personal equipment
- Drinks and food from the bar
Participants will be outdoors for at least four hours each day. Please review the Expedition & Wilderness Kit List before arrival.
For travel planning, Rome2Rio is a helpful resource for finding transport options to the venue.
Join a Global Network of Extreme Medicine Alumni
Those who have completed the Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Course have gone on to:
- Provide medical support in remote expeditions worldwide
- Work with humanitarian and disaster response organisations
- Develop careers in aeromedical rescue and pre-hospital care
This course provides not only training but a pathway into the world of extreme medicine.
Your Safety & Kit List Preparation
The comprehensive curriculum and field scenarios are carefully designed to push your limits while mitigating risks.
We take every precaution to keep participants safe by:
- Rigorous gear checks before all expedition days
- Mandatory evacuation insurance policies
- Close coordination with local emergency responders
Kit List
You will be outside for at least 4 hours each day, so please make sure to review our Expedition & Wilderness Kit List before arriving.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Travel
We highly recommend arriving the day before the course. You are free to book your own additional accommodation for the night before the course starts – we recommend Camp Willochra and Conference Centre. When making travel plans, we find Rome2Rio a super helpful site. Here you can discover various door-to-door travel options both internationally and from within Australia.
Talk To Our Team
If you wish to learn more or have any additional questions, we invite you to book a 30-minute discovery call with our team.
→ Click here to book a discovery call.
The call will be with the team who organise our courses and work closely with our medical teaching faculty. They’re best placed to explain what our attendees really get out of attending a course with us.
You can choose between a video or voice call — whatever suits you best.
Register for a time that works for you, and we look forward to speaking with you soon.
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Meet The Teaching Faculty
Mina Arsanious
