Medical Officer, Ltd is an Instructor-Sponsor of
Wilderness Medical Associates courses and a dealer for
Conterra Technical Systems as well as our own custom designed medical kits. All of our courses earn WMA certification and continuing education credits through
CECBEMS.
The Wilderness Medical Society recognizes WALS hours toward its Fellowship in Wilderness Medicine. Western State College of Colorado Extended Studies Program offers college credit for our Wilderness First Responder, Wilderness EMT Upgrade, and WALS courses. The Ocean Navigator School of Seamanship endorses and certifies Offshore Emergency Medicine™.
Medical Officer, Ltd. is based in Crested Butte, Colorado USA and offers regularly scheduled open enrollment courses in Crested Butte, Durango, Moab, and Denver. We are available for custom and contract courses anywhere.
Our instructors are experienced medical practitioners with expertise in search and rescue, ski patrol, rural EMS, wilderness expeditions and offshore voyaging. We are also experienced educators, backed by a frequently updated state-of-the-art curriculum. Our company's founder and president is also the Curriculum Director for Wilderness Medical Associates and author of Wilderness and Rescue Medicine and The Outward Bound Wilderness First Aid Handbook, used as textbooks in WMA courses worldwide.