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Tómas Eldjárn Vilhjálmsson

Tomas is an Emergency Nurse and EMT working in the ER of the Icelandic University Hospital. He is also mountaineering and avalanche instructor at FAS, Icelandic mountaineering school. He did his glacier and mountain guide training through the AIMG and has been guiding since 2014. Tomas has been member of the Icelandic Association of Search …

Carl Gilmore

Carl was introduced to the world of wilderness medicine while growing up in Utah in a family that was involved in search and rescue. He is now a Master EMS Instructor at the University of New Mexico where he has taught since 1985 and has been involved in the development of both curriculum and examinations. …

Ben Dowdy

Born and bred in Kentucky, Ben became an EMT in 2003, a paramedic in 2007, and graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 2009 with a B.S. in Emergency Medical Care. He set to work as a paramedic in urban, suburban, and rural EMS systems while also volunteering as a SAR technician and team medic in …

Chelsea Gardner

After earning an associates degree in Ski and Snowboard Business and a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, Chelsea Gardner moved to the small mountain town of Silverton, Colorado where she began her paramedic career in 2011. Within her first year, she was the Assistant Director of Silverton Ambulance and an officer on San Juan County Search & …

Kate Batten

Kate started in emergency medical response as a teenager in New Zealand on a volunteer Search and Rescue team. SAR response as a team leader and medic continued during her years in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. After her discharge, Kate has gone on to use her training and experience in wilderness medicine as …

Erin Jamroz

I took my first WFA in 2009 and the hook was set. Ever since then I have tried to position myself at the intersection of medicine and the wilderness. Through that journey I have worked as a rock climbing and canyoneering guide, been an EMT with the NPS involved with their search and rescue program, …

Will Smith, M.D.

Will is an avid outdoorsman, emergency room physician, paramedic, and Fellow of the Academy of Emergency Medical Services. He works as an emergency department physician at St. John’s Health in Jackson, Wyoming, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and runs Wilderness & Emergency Medicine Consulting, LLC. Will has …

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