Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS)
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Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS)

by AWLS

This is wilderness medicine education from the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the Univeristy of Utah. It is designed for use in the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) program, but anyone who goes into the backcountry should study this material. Log onto: www.wildmedu.org for more information. 

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1
The Fall That Changed Lucas Hungerford
22:38 Mar 24, 2026
2
Vaginal Infections in the Backcountry
9:21 Mar 19, 2026
3
Frozen Flesh: Understanding Frostbite
19:18 Mar 11, 2026
4
Where the Ticks Overlap
8:47 Mar 6, 2026
5
Pulse Oximeters in the Backcountry
13:25 Feb 16, 2026
6
Invisible Threats: Fungi in the Outdoors
10:49 Feb 10, 2026
7
Bats in the Grand Canyon
13:28 Feb 5, 2026
8
When Perfusion Fails: Understanding Types of Shock
19:50 Jan 25, 2026
9
Fueling to the Extremes: Nutrition in extreme environments
15:18 Jan 10, 2026
10
Backcountry Women’s Health
14:50 Jan 5, 2026
11
Frozen Numbers: Blood Glucose in the Cold Patient
20:27 Dec 29, 2025
12
Thin Air Doesn’t Play Fair
18:27 Dec 18, 2025
13
Tackling Male Medical Emergencies on the Trail
15:21 Dec 9, 2025
14
Pain: The Foundation Beneath Our Strength
15:53 Dec 3, 2025
15
Trail-Ready Dogs
14:16 Nov 30, 2025
16
Don’t be Tachy: Arrhythmia in the Wilderness
11:23 Nov 25, 2025
17
On the Burning Edge: The Medicine of Wildland Firefighting
17:55 Nov 19, 2025
18
Exoskeletons in the Wilderness
10:06 Nov 10, 2025
19
Creepy Crawlies: The Hidden Worms of the World’s Trails
14:46 Nov 1, 2025
20
The Art of Land Snorkeling
15:25 Oct 24, 2025
21
Under Pressure - Treating compartment syndrome in the wilderness
13:05 Oct 19, 2025
22
Heat, Smoke, and Survival: The Medicine of Wildland Fire
19:03 Oct 10, 2025
23
From Track to Trail: Managing Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
9:22 Sep 26, 2025
24
When the Heart Walls Thicken - HCOM explained.
12:08 Sep 22, 2025
25
Brain Safe: The Next Gen of MTB Helmets
13:44 Sep 15, 2025
26
The Attention Walk
11:52 Sep 1, 2025
27
Managing Type 1 Diabetes in the Wilderness
17:27 Aug 27, 2025
28
Concussions in Sports and Wilderness Activities
20:02 Aug 22, 2025
29
Beyond Limits: The Extreme Physiology of Endurance Sports
14:02 Aug 17, 2025
30
Snakes & Snouts: Protecting Dogs from Bites, Prevention to Treatment
18:51 Aug 10, 2025
31
Wild Reads for Wild Kids
13:05 Aug 4, 2025
32
Wild Waters, Wild Risks
13:00 Jul 28, 2025
33
Living After the Bite: Life with Alpha-Gal Syndrome
9:45 Jul 18, 2025
34
Smoke on the Trail
15:10 Jul 11, 2025
35
Unequal Grounds: Wilderness Medicine Across Cultures
13:00 Jul 8, 2025
36
Breathing High: Can Xenon Gas Boost Climber Performance at Altitude?
12:20 Jul 5, 2025
37
Trail Hydration: What to Drink and Why
12:23 Jun 28, 2025
38
Heavy, Wet, and Deadly: Understanding wet snow avalanches
8:26 Jun 19, 2025
39
Meltdown: Surviving Spring Snow Travel
11:39 Jun 12, 2025
40
Health in Every Step: Rucking
11:24 Jun 5, 2025
41
Enhancement or Harm? The Medical Truth About Performance Drugs
17:09 May 29, 2025
42
Hearts in the Wild
18:57 May 22, 2025
43
Mineral vs. Chemical: The Sunscreen Showdow
12:11 May 16, 2025
44
Reef Safe: How Sunscreen Choices Impact Coral Health
9:58 May 11, 2025
45
Parasites in Paradise
18:12 May 5, 2025
46
The Viral Truth: Measles, Myths & Medicine
48:28 Apr 27, 2025
47
Flying to New Heights: The Medicine of Ski Jumping
16:14 Apr 22, 2025
48
Sugar, Sweat, and Survival: Type 1 Diabetes in the Wild
8:08 Apr 18, 2025
49
The Wild Swim: The Medicine of Wild Swimming
12:09 Apr 11, 2025
50
Where There is Fire There is Smoke
22:45 Apr 5, 2025
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