Curious to know here how many people have any wilderness/backcountry medical training. I started training with my local EMS in Alaska when I was in high school, then did a 16 hour first aid/cpr course in college. After about 18 years of no further training or refresher, I did WFA in February last year, WFR in June, then finally W-EMT this January-February. A big motive for training was after I quit smoking about 2 years ago, I got back into hiking and mountaineering. I kept running into people in the backcountry that to me seemed ill prepared. People who where hours from even the closest vehicle who maybe had a water bottle and nothing else. I figured, if I was better trained and was willing to carry the first aid gear, I could help those less prepared and it morphed from there. So, what kind of training does everyone have in emergency medicine?
Also, if you feel like it, tell me about who you trained with and what kind of experience you have.