This is a summary guide to all WMT events split into events for EXPLORERS* and events for MEDICS (doctors, nurses, paramedics and medical students).
*By explorers, we mean anyone who is not a medic!
Useful links:
Dates & prices for Explorer events and for Medic's Events
Event Planner for all event dates, prices and basic info in date order
Booking Form
Explorer Events
Detailed event timetable information
Event |
Duration & Frequency |
Content |
Other info |
| Far From Help refresher |
1 day - WMT aims to launch this seminar in 2009 and run it twice a year |
To be confirmed |
This is a new course aimed at FFH students who want to refresh their training without repeating FFH or attending FFH 2 (within 3 years) |
| Far From Help (FFH) |
2 days - held 4 times a year - normally March at the RGS, London, April in Scotland, July (as part of Expedition Skills) and autumn (the first 2 days of AMRFT) |
WMT's foundation course covering common expedition injuries and illness and use of prescription medications (antibiotics & pain killers). No needles. |
New in 2009 - FFH to held in Scotland at Glenmore Lodge, Aviemore |
| Far From Help Plus |
3 days - held annually late spring in Derbyshire |
FFH + additional outdoor scenario training |
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| Far From Help Part 2 (FFH 2) |
2 days - held twice a year |
Includes a review of important FFH subjects + invasive training; injections, suturing and iv canulation aimed at FFH students to upgrade their skillls and as as a refresher to past AMRFT delegates. |
FFH or AMRFT are pre-requisites and must have been attended within 3 years |
| Advanced Medicine for Remote Foreign Travel (AMRFT ) |
4 days - held annually |
Combines FFH + FFH 2 and includes invasive training; injections, suturing and iv canulation |
The gold standard in WMT training |
| Expedition Skills |
7 days - held annually in the Lake District |
Combines Woodsmoke bushcraft (2.5 days), FFH (2 days) and off-road driving/bush mechanic training (2 days) with Land Rover Experience |
Medics are welcome to attend even though FFH is geared to laypeople |
| Gap Travel Seminar |
1 day - run only on a private basis |
A comprehensive pre-travel/gap year seminar to prepare young people for the challenges of travelling abroad |
Please contact WMT to discuss your requirements. Suitable for schools, youth groups, CCF etc. |
Medics' Event
Detailed event timetables and more information
| Event |
Duration & Frequency |
Content |
Other info |
| (Winter) Chamonix Expedition Medicine Conference |
5 days - held every January in Chamonix, Mont Blanc |
Comprehensive lecture programme (am or pm so 1/2 day every day to ski), special evening presentations, 1/2 day outdoor scenario training |
Is complimented by the Taste of Expedition Medicine & Jungle Living event |
| A Taste of Expedition Medicine & Jungle Living |
2 days - held every spring in the UK |
50/50 lecture/outdoor programme including setting up an overnight camp and jungle living training |
Is complimented by all other medic events |
| (Summer) Expedition Medicine & Field Skills for Diverse Environments |
4 days - held annually in June in Chamonix, Mont Blanc |
Intensive lecture programme followed by 2+ days of outdoor skills training including a high mountain bivouac |
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| Morocco Mountain Medicine Expedition |
7 days - held annually every autumn in Morocco |
2 days of intensive lectures and prep followed by a 3 day ascent of Toubkal, the highest peak in N. Africa, final night in Marrakech |
Is complimented by the Taste of Expedition Medicine & Jungle Living event |
| A Taste of Mountain Medicine & Mountain Skills |
Coming soon! |
50/50 lecture/outdoor programme covering the essentials of mountain medicine and the fundamentals of mountain travel |
Is complimented by the Taste of Expedition Medicine & Jungle Living event |
| Expedition Skills |
7 days - held annually in the Lake District |
Combines Woodsmoke bushcraft (2.5 days), FFH (2 days) and off-road driving/bush mechanic training (2 days) with Land Rover Experience |
The bushcraft and off-road driving/bush mechanic training can be attended individually and are an ideal compliment to all medic events |
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