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• - Describes daily life at the medical clinic. Provides information on medical conditions affecting high altitude climbers.
  
• - Any person interested in search, rescue or survival activities may join as individual members. Courses are available for search & rescue, basic water rescue, and managing the lost person incident.
  
• - The world’s first fellowship in Wilderness Medicine. Provides comprehensive, in-depth training and hands-on experience in all aspects of wilderness medicine.
  
• - MedWAR adventure racing for health care professionals in wilderness setting.
  
• - Brief overview. Advice on how to choose a course provider.
  
• - Part of a survival web site. Not strictly wilderness medicine, but an adequate orientation for anyone not already trained in emergency medicine. Lists of books for the layman who may have to go it with out a physician.
  
• - Wilderness, International and Improvisational Medicine at the University of New Mexico, Department of Emergency Medicine.
  
• - A selection of publications on Wilderness medicine and outdoor first-aid. Ideal for both search and rescue and the avid outdoors person.
  
• - HRA is a voluntary non-profit organization formed with an objective to reduce casualties in the Nepal Himalayas.
  
• - Publishes articles on all aspects of wilderness medicine. Free access to archives.
  
• - Active student club. Good links to other United Kingdom wilderness medicine sites.
  
• - Provides current medical information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travelers to high mountainous regions of the world.
  
• - Wilderness and emergency physician and an outdoor book author.
  
• - Overview and introduction to the field of Wilderness Medicine.
  
• - Consumer health resource center providing information on wilderness aid.