Environmental and Wilderness Emergencies / Natural Disasters

Environmental emergencies include any emergency which occurs outside and is associated with nature. So, it can be associated with emergencies on land, in or on bodies of water whether fresh or salt water. Then there are other areas of wilderness such as woods, wilderness, mountains, deserts and so forth. Therefore, environmental emergencies includes a diverse topic of emergencies ranging from hypothermia (cold) and hyperthermia (heat) to animal bites, envenomation from insects, snakes, spiders, scorpions, ticks and more. Then there are the injuries and associated complications related to natural disasters.

Poisoning from plants can also be included as well as any other environmental based emergency. So when you go for your next hike, swim or go camping are you prepared to treat any of the many environmental emergencies you could be faced with? We invite you to attend one of our basic first aid classes to learn more...

Review our program section to see a complete list of our first aid programs.