Home Service Wilderness First Responder with Matthew Angus and Isabel Chavez– G25110204

Wilderness First Responder with Matthew Angus and Isabel Chavez– G25110204

Date

Nov 12 – 16 2025
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A wilderness first responder is trained to deal with life threatening situations that may be encountered in the wilderness. The training is principally geared towards lay providers, with little to no actual medical experience, though they are often already professionals in other aspects of the outdoors industry, like park rangers, climbing instructors, and guides. Wilderness first responder training courses focus on teaching the students to assess a situation, improvise solutions using available resources to stabilize the patient, and identify the best way to get the patient to definitive medical treatment. Students will learn a systematic approach to assessing patients with various injuries and illnesses.  Topics covered include: 

This course consists of a 5-day hands on AND 24-30 hours of online work. 

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Instructors

  • Isabel Chavez
    Isabel Chavez

    Isabel Chavez (she/her) is a born and raised New Mexican. She spent her youth exploring Ghost Ranch, led Youth Programming during the Ranch’s College Staff program and is now the Youth Programs Manager with the Ghost Ranch Programs and Events department. She also serves as the Ghost Ranch Safety Coordinator, spearheading the Safety Committee and organizing safety and emergency preparedness training interdepartmentally.

    Isabel holds a BS in Human Biology and certificates in Wilderness First Responder and CPR. She is also a certified instructor for Wilderness First Aid. Her background lies in Social Services and she is driven by a deep passion for service and life-long learning. She believes in the power of small actions and community, and strives to build inclusive, diverse, and values-based opportunities for youth and adults alike, where all find growth and connection to themselves, each other and the outdoors.

    In her free time, you can find her reading and cuddling with her dog, attempting a fiber arts project, or adventuring outside.

  • Matthew Angus
    Matthew Angus

    Matthew (he/him) is a Primary Educator for Base Medical. Although born in the midwestern flats of Illinois, he has called the San Juan mountains home for the last 6 years in Durango, Colorado. Matthew is a passionate and service-oriented individual, always striving to best support his community in health/wellness and outdoor pursuits. He graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (Go Dawgs!) in 2017 but obtained his EMT license in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. His medical experience began with tending to the health needs of troubled youth as a field EMT for a wilderness therapy guiding program based in the Southwest. It was during this time that Matthew began developing skills of compassionate patient care and practicing medicine in the austere environment where he and the patients he worked for were typically 4 to 5 hours away from definitive care. Matthew now uses his EMT skills at a local clinic and SAR team in the area and has big goals to obtain advanced medical training and search and rescue skills
    Matthew also cares deeply for the outdoor classroom and education experience, valuing highly the reciprocal learning process that can happen between peers and mentors. He believes in meeting students and peers exactly where they’re at to best support everyone’s learning and growth and creating a learning space that centers on inclusion, challenge, and team building. When not working, Matthew is likely pushing his limits by climbing, backpacking, or trail running, so he can get further into the mountains or desert he so greatly loves.

PRICE

Cost

$675.00