“Broadreach has been partnering with Backcountry Medical Guides for several years. The first year, we brought BMG staff to North Carolina to host an in service training for our full time office staff. It’s incredibly important to us that our full time staff are all Wilderness First Responders to help answer questions to our clients, our staff in the field, and much more. Since that first class, which was such a success, we’ve gone on to partner in offering Wilderness First Responder certifications to all of our seasonal staff, which number in the 100+ each summer. Backcountry Medical Guides has been so responsive to our needs, flying around the world to teach classes and being incredibly flexible with their teaching space and methods. We, as an organization who cares deeply about the quality of our trainings, couldn’t be luckier to have forged our partnership with Backcountry Medical Guides. They hit the mark on professionalism, fun, quality of teaching, and accessibility.”
— KATE FARTHING, DIRECTOR, BROADREACH
“Our instructors were knowledgeable, inspired confidence in the class that they could 'do it', reassured us that everyone has moments of hesitation - questions their ability, but in the end, rises to the occasion to provide the care they are capable of giving. The case scenarios given were delivered with specificity, real world knowledge that was evident and humanity. They were patient, kept us on task, and moved us forward toward learning the necessary skills."
— ADVANCED FIRST AID/CPR COURSE PARTICIPANT
“I had taken their course a couple of years ago. John Taussig, founder of BMG, is an awesome instructor; extremely knowledgeable, funny, and authentic. I love that the course is very hands-on and John always relates it back to situations on vessels. Which makes it so much more relevant as a maritime professional and sailing instructor."
— ANDREA GEISINGER, ADVANCED FIRST AID/CPR COURSE PARTICIPANT
“The online course was strong preparation for the seriousness of treatment of traumas. Then, to have hands-on scenarios really showed how we need to practice and prepare for these techniques of assessment, triage and action."
— ADVANCED FIRST AID/CPR COURSE PARTICIPANT
“I do feel more prepared for a medical emergency while on a travel or sailing adventure. I am more confident in my ability to assess the environment and the medical emergency; to give immediate aid if I can, and to communicate pertinent information to agencies that may need to provide further assistance."
— ADVANCED FIRST AID/CPR COURSE PARTICIPANT
“As a non-profit organization conducting conservation work in the heavily visited Big Sur backcountry, we must equip our staff, contractors and volunteers with the skills to do their jobs safely and respond to medical situations ranging from basic first-aid to life-threatening emergencies. We rely on Backcountry Medical Guides to provide customized training based on real-time field experience in the very landscape we work to protect.”
— MIKE SPALN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VENTANA WILDERNESS ALLIANCE
“I feel much more prepared to assess emergencies, and stock and use a first aid kit on my boat. The case studies from the instructor and other participants helped prepare me for typical and not-so-typical emergencies that occur in the marine environment and when boating."
— ADVANCED FIRST AID/CPR COURSE PARTICIPANT
“John's significant firsthand experience on-land and at-sea as well as his enthusiasm/commitment to teaching others is top-notch. It was a very special and unexpected bonus for me to learn both from Ward and from Dan - great, experienced leaders, teachers, and mariners! ... Traveling home, I was thinking the 3 teachers shared more than 75 total years of medical experience/practice with us in this course - very special and much appreciated."
— ADVANCED FIRST AID/CPR COURSE PARTICIPANT
“Not only did I learn about many complex medical situations the mariner might experience that I had not previously considered, but this class leaves me knowing I have a basic understanding of how to approach patient assessment and care in a wide variety of emergency medical situations and to render first aid in a competent manner."
— ADVANCED FIRST AID/CPR COURSE PARTICIPANT
“I took the 2-day course for Mariners at Southwestern Yacht Club in San Diego. I highly recommend it all sailors going offshore. I took it to prepare for the Transpac Race from L.A. to Honolulu, and feel much more comfortable now, dealing with injuries and sickness while crossing the Pacific.”
—JOHN JOURDANE, AFA/CPR PARTICIPANT
(John has sailed more than 300,000 miles, crossed the Pacific Ocean 47 times, the Atlantic 12 times, and has circumnavigated the world three times.)
