WEMC

Wilderness & Emergency Medicine Consulting provides comprehensive, up-to-date consulting, training and speaking services for wilderness and emergency medicine professionals and groups or individuals who want to be prepared for emergencies in their outdoor pursuits.

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  • Consulting services and lecture topics based on a lifetime of medical a
  • Expert analysis and advice for media outlets and rescue teams.
  • Worldwide consulting services specializing in wilderness and emergency medicine for travel and expeditions.
  • Exposure to real-world threats gives pertinence to the knowledge at hand.
  • Dedicated to teaching medical and rescue skills in wilderness settings.
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A passion for emergency medicine and rescue in wilderness settings led Dr. Will Smith, MD, Paramedic to found Wilderness and Emergency Medicine Consulting (WEMC) with the goal of sharing his expertise and providing comprehensive, up-to-date consulting services.

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BACKGROUND

My current job, location and training opportunities allow me to practice medicine in a setting that I have tailored my profession to—wilderness and emergency medicine. As an avid outdoorsman and dedicated physician, I continue to apply and master my medical and rescue skills in wilderness settings.

My interest in outdoor activities began while growing up on a ranch in southeast Wyoming. My entire family helped my father run a 22,000 acre cattle ranch. I developed a great deal of independence, motivation, and self-reliability, especially while working alone. I had to be proficient in map reading in order to repair fences, locate and fight forest fires, and find my way home at the end of the day. I learned to be self-sufficient in the wilderness, and my camping and navigation skills were expertly honed.

In high school I enrolled in an EMT-Basic course, and my career in medicine began. I started volunteering with the local ambulance which fueled my interests, and I began studying pre-med at the University of Wyoming. I furthered my pre-hospital training and career by taking an EMT-Paramedic course, and I continued to work on ambulances and in the local emergency department throughout my undergraduate education.

I found niches that allowed me to combine my medical skills with the outdoors as I worked on ski patrol and began more climbing and other outdoor sports. While attending medical school at the University of Washington through the WWAMI program, I was able to study medicine in rural areas of the western United States and in Queensland, Australia. After completing my emergency medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, I found my dream job as an attending emergency medicine physician in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Since moving to Jackson, I have also become medical director and an active member of the Teton County Search and Rescue team. In addition, as a hands-on medical director for Grand Teton National Park, I train and help the climbing rangers in a variety of wilderness situations.

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CONSULTING

Wilderness and Emergency Medicine Consulting (WEMC) provides expertise in many areas of consulting. We will tailor our services to meet your needs.

Teaching

Wilderness and Rescue Medicine

Technical Rescue and Medical Considerations

Disaster Medicine

International Medicine

Combat/Tactical EMS

Medical Oversight for EMS Systems

Wilderness Advanced Life Support (WALS)


MedicoLegal Case Review and Trial Consulting

Emergency Medicine

Prehospital Emergency Medical Service (EMS)

Medical Oversight of EMS

Wilderness and Rescue (SAR) Medicine

Travel Medicine

Tactical / Combat Medicine


Travel Expedition


Pre-trip planning and medical evaluation

Medical Control for on-line medical support in any remote environment

Medical kit design for your trip

Expedition Physician for on scene/travel care



Lecture topics include Mountain Rescue, Avalanche Safety and Rescue, Backcountry/SAR Medical Kits
Get Out! Evacuation from the Wilderness, Hypothermia/Environmental Emergencies, Chest and Abdominal Trauma, Spine Injuries - Selective Spinal Immobilization, Combat Medicine (TCCC) / Tactical EMS (TEMS), Excited Delirium & Behavioral Emergencies, ACLS Pearls, Altitude Illness, New EMS Technologies, Ropes and Knots, Medical Oversight for EMS/Wilderness Groups, Shh! Don't Tell the EMS Medical Director

MOST POPULAR LECTURES

EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN
SNOW AND ICE

Avalanches, mountain terrain, and other snow and ice settings represent unique challenges for emergency responders, not just those responding in ski areas, but to all areas that have this type of terrain and hazards. Join Dr. Will Smith >>>

EXCITED DELIRIUM AND
OTHER BEHAVIORAL EMERGENCY STORIES

Excited Delirium Syndrome is becoming a recognized medical condition that’s often associated with in-custody deaths. This and other behavioral emergencies are often some of the most challenging EMS calls. In most >>>

BRINGING COMBAT MEDICINE
TO THE STREETS AT HOME

Advancement of pre-hospital care on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan is pushing a new approach to EMS. How should these experiences be implemented on the streets of EMS here at home? This lecture >>>

MOUNTAIN MEDICINE:
WHERE AMBULANCES CAN’T GO

Mountain medicine tailors traditional medical skills and applies them to the wilderness and other austere settings. This case study based lecture presented by 2015 Street Medicine Society Award winner >>>

NEW AND DEVELOPING
EMS TECHNOLOGIES

With all of the EMS gadgets that come and go, how do you know what to buy? This presentation by 2015 Street Medicine Society Award winner, Will Smith, MD, looks at many of >>>

LIGHTNING STRIKE MCI
AT 13,000 FEET

On July 21, 2010 three parties of climbers were struck by lightning near the summit of the Grand Teton (13,770 feet/4075 meters). The ensuing rescue was the largest single rescue effort in Grand Teton National Park history. The incident >>>

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Dr. Will Smith gives expert advice to media outlets and rescue teams.
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WILDERNESS & EMERGENCY MEDICINE CONSULTING

Will Smith MD, Paramedic, President, Medical Director
+1.307.200.9362 (WEMC)
PO Box 11186
Jackson, WY 83002
USA
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