The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's Emergency Medical Services department will offer four wilderness medicine classes in Sitka over the next few months.

Each class offers national certification through Wilderness Medical Associates that is good for three years. The courses are useful for anybody who spends a great deal of time in the outdoors, and also required by some emergency medical services, guide services and search and rescue squads. Classes being offer include Wilderness Advanced First Aid, Wilderness First Responder and a bridge course for any student who has earned a Wilderness Advanced First Aid certificate from a WMA-sponsored course within the past year can upgrade his or her training to earn a Wilderness First Responder certificate. For more information on the classes, contact Mike Motti by phone at (907) 966-8771 or by e-mail at mikem@searhc.org.