Wilderness Medicine & Survival Training for Backcountry Aviators.
You insure your airplane. Why not insure yourself?
Plan
Planning for an off airport landing should be a part of every backcountry flight. What’s in your survival kit? What do you wear? How do you plan your route? How do you brief your passengers?
Prepare
Do you have experience with first aid and hemorrhage control? Educating yourself on self-aid, buddy care, and survival techniques are integral to a successful outcome.
Practice
Reading a survival book is great. That online forum has great advice from some old timers. But do you have practical experience? Have you splinted broken bones and built fires in the snow?
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Jonathan Miller
CO-FOUNDER, LEAD MEDICAL INSTRUCTOR
Jon is an emergency physician, AME, aeromedical consultant and certified flight instructor. As a fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, he has spent years teaching austere medicine. He’s a former US Air Force flight surgeon and critical care evacuation doc. If he isn't playing in the mountains he can be found flying over them in his home state of Idaho.
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Joe Manzonie
CO-FOUNDER, LEAD SURVIVAL INSTRUCTOR
Joe was raised on a cattle ranch in central Nevada before joining the Air Force, where he dedicated over 20 years as a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) Specialist. Throughout his military career, he completed multiple overseas deployments and developed extensive expertise in emergency planning, survival techniques, and instruction.