EMT Continuing Education - Outdoor Emergency First Aid - Wilderness Paramedic - CEU credit

Continuing Education Credits for Medical Professionals

Wilderness Advanced Life Support™ (WALS)

Physicians and physician assistants - 36 hrs of Category I credit toward the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association are awarded to successful graduates through the CME office of Central Maine Medical Center, an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

This activity has been reviewed as eligible for 28.5 credits towards the Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine registry, a program of the Wilderness Medical Society. A list of the specific topics eligible for credit is available on request.

Nurses - Registered nurses will receive 36 contact hours awarded through Central Maine Healthcare, an approved provider of continuing nursing education activity by ANA-Maine, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Paramedics and other ALS certified professionals - 36 CECBEMS - approved CEHs (Advanced) are awarded upon successful completion of the course. You will need to bring your certification numbers and expiration dates to the course with you in order for us to file the CEHs with CECBEMS. There is no charge for filing.

Wilderness EMT Upgrade

EMTs, paramedics, and others with EMS certification - 45 CECBEMS-approved CEHs (Advanced) are awarded upon successful completion of the course. You will need to bring your certification numbers and expiration dates to the course in order for us to file the CEHs with CECBEMS. There is no charge for filing.

Other WMA courses

Wilderness Medical Associates has been approved by CECBEMS to award CEH's for many of our courses to EMT's, paramedics, and others with EMS licensure. Please contact us prior to your course for continuing education hours and category for our other courses.