INTMD 7983 (2026/2027) 03/01/2027-03/14/2027

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Course: INTMD 7983 - Wilderness Medicine - Advanced Wilderness Life Support

Description: This course will be a 2-week elective in which you can earn the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) certificate offered by the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah. Session topics include wilderness patient assessment, hypothermia and hyperthermia, wilderness wound management, water treatment, HAPE, AMS, HACE, children in the wilderness, nature deficit disorder and other injuries and illnesses unique to the back country. www.wildmedu.org is the site where students will learn and test.

All of the AWLS courses are online except tor the course from March 29 to April 11th, 2027 This is taught in Moab, Utah Look at www.awls.info then to AWLS for more information.

Academic Year: 2026/2027

Start Date: 03/01/2027

End Date: 03/14/2027

Block: SPRING

Department: INTMD

Permission Required: No

Section Credits: 2

Min Openings: 1

Max Openings: 150

School Years: MSIMSIIMSIII

Course Classifications: CONCURRENTELECTIVE

Coordinator(s): Ingebretsen,Richard DC | richi47@comcast.net

Directors(s): Ingebretsen,Richard DD | richi47@comcast.net

Possible Grade(s): Fail (F)Incomplete (I)Pass (P)

Prerequisites: Phases 1 and 2

Add Policy: Course may be added to schedule by the start date.

Drop Policy: Course may be dropped from schedule 7 days after the course has started.

Syllabus: Click here to download syllabus.