wildernessfirstaid

In this episode, Courtney talks with Dr. Natalie Bonthius, wilderness first aid specialist and founder of Survival Med. They talk about what intrigued Dr. Bonthius about this field, how medicine in the wild can be so different and they answer the question: "How can I be prepared so I won't need first aid?"

Natalie Bonthius, MD is an Emergency Medicine physician and the founder of Survival Med, an organization that teaches wilderness medical and survival skills to the public. She combines her love for the outdoors with her love of medicine, and her courses have reached the farthest corners of the globe. Dr. Bonthius now works with the National Park Service, National Association of Search and Rescue, US Military, universities and medical schools across the world. Her most popular courses are Wilderness First Aid and Survival Psychology.

You can follow Dr. Bonthius on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliebonthius/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurvivalMedUniversity/

Find her wilderness first aid classes here: https://survivalmedonline.org/

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Kit speaks with certified Wilderness EMT expert Casey Marcum about things we need to think about BEFORE we head into the wild, and then what to do if something goes wrong and you or someone else gets sick or injured.  You'll learn key things to make sure you put in your pack and some clever hacks when you have to make do when you don't have the ideal resources.

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This week, John Bulmer & John Reyes from Adirondack Mountain Rescue join us to talk about backcountry safety. Adirondack Mountain Rescue is a non-profit organization formed with the purpose of providing a highly trained and equipped resource to aid law enforcement in their tasks of finding and rescuing missing persons. We talk about the importance of navigation skills, redundancy, layering, fire building skills, communication, crampons, mountaineering axes and more.