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Be prepared in a backcountry emergency

Adventure Awaits Here

Our Wilderness Medicine courses train you to understand and avoid wilderness hazards and provide emergency care in the wilderness or anywhere, with whatever equipment you have or can improvise. They also prepare you for disaster situations, when emergency medical services and hospitals are overwhelmed or inaccessible.

These courses are designed to help you make logical and causal connections (not just memorize lists of signs, symptoms and treatment) so that you understand what you are doing. How do the body systems work? What can go wrong with them because of injury, environmental stress, or a medical condition? How can you tell what the problems are? What can you do to treat the problems and stabilize the patient when you are far from help?

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Wilder-Med Professionals is proud to offer its certification programs to participants worldwide, ensuring access to high-quality training no matter where you're located. Additionally, our dedicated team is committed to traveling across the country to bring our courses to you, providing convenience and flexibility for individuals and organizations seeking top-tier wilderness medical education.

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Our Team

JR Hunte

PMP, NREMT, W-EMT - Owner / CEO

JR Hunte is an active voice in the Twin Cities BIPOC and veteran outdoor community. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, former Outdoor School Instructor for REI, and well-versed in outdoor experiential education.

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JR has spent his career serving communities, which began in the US Air Force as a Medic during Desert Shield / Desert Storm. He currently shares his time as an EMT with M Health Fairview Minnesota Immunization Network Initiative (MINI) providing no cost vaccination clinics to Twin Cities Metro underserved communities (homeless, BIPOC), as a Wilderness Search and Rescue Instructor / Evaluator with The National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR), Owner / CEO for Wilder-Med Professionals, LLC providing instruction and Wilderness Medicine certifications to a diverse outdoor community, Set Medic / SAR Advisor for TV and Movies (credits include “Naked And Afraid” - Discovery Channel, “Girl Meets Farm - Food Network, Commercials for SONY, Ford, Sprite, Konami, Bayer Agricultural), Sierra Club as an Outdoor Program Coordinator creating programming and content for Veterans and their families and BIPOC communities, and volunteers as a Wilderness K-9 Search and Rescue Technician / Training Officer with K9 SAR Services. JR is also a Board Member for the Diverse Media Institute. 

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Patrick Keller

NREMT

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Patrick started in the Wilderness Medical field in 2017 by gaining his Wilderness First Responder from NOLS. Having grown up with a father that was a fire chief/first responder and wildfire fire fighter, Patrick felt it was his turn to begin to give back to others in a more meaningful way. Patrick had been teaching in outdoor environments as a ski instructor/race coach for over 10 years at the time he began to enter the Wilderness Medical field.

 

He wanted to be able to assist others in their time of need while also being an educator to those that were learning to love the winter and mountain environments. He is currently a Level II Nationally Certified ski instructor with PSIA, and is working towards his Level III. The Medical Certification helps him to maintain his race coaching level as well. He has also worked to receive his Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) license which allowed him to work within the local community as needed. He currently works for Target / MedCor at Target Corporation Distribution centers internal employee clinics. Working at multiple different locations performing Health and Safety education, OSHA hearing and health testing, and treating any injury or illness that present to the clinic.

 

During the winter months he spends time working in the ski and race industry teaching and coaching others in the public arena, as well as training other instructors to improve their teaching and skiing. He spends time in the Midwest working for Vail and time in Colorado working at either Breckenridge or Aspen depending on need. He has also worked as an assistant set medic for commercial shoots, and spends time with various outdoor activities during other times of the year and likes having the medical background to assist in an emergency when needed. Among the various aspects of working in the medical field, he enjoys the teaching side of it as it is a great way to give back to others that want to gain and grow their own education.

Nate Gleisner

NRP

Nate is a has been leading and instructing outdoor programs for the past 10+ years. These programs include mountain biking, kayaking, white water rafting, climbing, and backpacking.
Nate started his emergency medicine career as an emergency medical technician and has since transitioned to the role of nationally registered paramedic.

 

Nate currently works as a 911 paramedic in a metro area. He has achieved and maintains certifications in advanced cardiovascular life support, pediatric life support, international trauma life support, and psychological first aid.
In his spare time he likes to backcountry snowboard, bike tour, and paddle board.

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