“Backcountry Medical Guides has been so responsive to our needs, flying around the world to teach classes and being incredibly flexible with their teaching space and methods. We, as an organization who cares deeply about the quality of our trainings, couldn’t be luckier to have forged our partnership with Backcountry Medical Guides. They hit the mark on professionalism, fun, quality of teaching, and accessibility.”
— Kate Farthing, Director, Broadreach
“Big Sur Fire Department had the opportunity to take the Wilderness Upgrade for Medical Professional (WUMP) course with Back Country Medical Guides in October 2018. We are all so blown away, grateful & satisfied with the exceptional quality of curriculum that was provided with this course. Personally, I felt that it provided the best quality of real, practical experience covering virtually every medical and trauma scenario that can be imagined or replicated in practice.”
— Wendy W., WUMP 2018
“Backcountry Medical Guides has been partnering with WMBC to offer tailored first aid courses specifically for mountain bikers. We encourage our volunteers who lead group rides, as well as mountain bike community members, to become certified through this on-mountain course to better prepare themselves for common medical incidents and emergencies. BMG’s instructors are extremely knowledgeable and skilled in delivering this comprehensive content and participants come away with tools and confidence to assess and treat medical emergencies that can occur in the backcountry.”
— Shannon Flory, WMBC Program Director
“As a nonprofit organization conducting conservation work in the heavily visited Big Sur backcountry, we must equip our staff, contractors and volunteers with the skills to do their jobs safely and respond to medical situations ranging from basic first-aid to life-threatening emergencies. We rely on Backcountry Medical Guides to provide customized training based on real-time field experience in the very landscape we work to protect.”
— Mike Spaln, Executive Director, Ventana Wilderness Alliance
“We have used Backcountry Medical Guides for large groups for several years, and I would happily recommend them to anyone looking for a professional and organized group for medical training. Along with being kind educators, their staff is super easy to work with on the organizational side. I have worked with Backcountry Medical Guides since 2023 to get our groups of Mountaineers certified and recertified on their Wilderness First Aid courses. We feel lucky to have BMG as a local resource for expert outdoor medical education, and we love that they have real life experience in these settings.”
