Aerie Backcountry Medicine

Aerie Backcountry Medicine Wilderness medicine training throughout the United States as well as Costa Rica, India, and Mongolia.

✨ Attention Ladies!!!✨Grab your besties and mark your calendars for April 10–12, 2026! Aerie is excited to offer another...
11/18/2025

✨ Attention Ladies!!!✨
Grab your besties and mark your calendars for April 10–12, 2026! Aerie is excited to offer another Women-Only weekend for CPR, Wilderness First Aid (WFA), and Wilderness First Responder Recertification (WFR-R)!

This weekend is designed for women who want to learn, lead, and build confidence in a supportive environment. Whether you’re refreshing your skills or stepping into wilderness medicine for the first time, we’d love to have you join us.

Our women instructors bring skill, professionalism, and a welcoming energy to every course. It’s a great chance to strengthen your abilities, connect with others, and take the next step in your training journey.

If this sounds like something you’d enjoy, we’d love to see you there!
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11/18/2025
✨ Welcome 2026 Instructor Cohort! ✨We spent the weekend at Missoula College—where most of our open-enrollment courses co...
11/17/2025

✨ Welcome 2026 Instructor Cohort! ✨

We spent the weekend at Missoula College—where most of our open-enrollment courses come to life—welcoming our newest instructors and showing them the ropes. This year’s cohort is skilled, professional, and brings a level of expertise we’re truly excited about.

We can’t wait to welcome them into our classrooms and see the impact they’ll make with our students!

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Hey EMTs - don’t let the approaching recertification deadline scare you! With 3 refreshers courses lined up before March...
11/14/2025

Hey EMTs - don’t let the approaching recertification deadline scare you! With 3 refreshers courses lined up before March 31st, we are here to make sure you don’t lose your head (or your hands). Click the link in our bio or visit our website to snag a spot before they fill up!





🇺🇸 Today we honor all who have served. Thank you, veterans, for your courage, sacrifice, and dedication.
11/12/2025

🇺🇸 Today we honor all who have served. Thank you, veterans, for your courage, sacrifice, and dedication.

This week our Fall Semester in Wilderness Medicine students finished their Himalaya trek! 10 days of trekking through go...
10/29/2025

This week our Fall Semester in Wilderness Medicine students finished their Himalaya trek! 10 days of trekking through gorgeous landscapes, summitting 12,000 foot peaks, studying austere medicine, and playing hackysack.



Its all smiles as our India SWM students wrap up the fall Himalaya trek!
10/28/2025

Its all smiles as our India SWM students wrap up the fall Himalaya trek!



We spent last week in Seattle learning from the CPR pioneers of Medic One in preparation for the AHA’s 2025 CPR updates....
10/24/2025

We spent last week in Seattle learning from the CPR pioneers of Medic One in preparation for the AHA’s 2025 CPR updates. We will take what we’ve learned here, combine it with the updates, and make sure our trainings continue delivering the field’s best practice. Visit the AHA website to see the updates!

It might be cold outside today but things are heating up for our hybrid EMT students as they move into their last week o...
10/12/2025

It might be cold outside today but things are heating up for our hybrid EMT students as they move into their last week of classes. Psychomotor skills and patient assessments were on the docket today - as well as getting some TLC from a surprise guest 🐶!

We are hiring assistant instructors for 2026! Please email your resume and a cover letter to oakley@aeriemed.com by Sept...
09/08/2025

We are hiring assistant instructors for 2026! Please email your resume and a cover letter to oakley@aeriemed.com by September 15th to be considered.

Happy National EMS week! Thank you for your service!!
05/19/2025

Happy National EMS week! Thank you for your service!!

It's opening night and you can find your EMT Exam Coordinator, Emily, shaking up the stage in abunDANCE! This community-...
05/16/2025

It's opening night and you can find your EMT Exam Coordinator, Emily, shaking up the stage in abunDANCE! This community-wide dance showcase has been in the works for three months! Aerie is a generous sponsor--supporting the arts through first aid education of theater staff!

https://www.thewestsidetheater.com/abundance

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100 North Avenue W
Missoula, MT
59801

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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+14065429972

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Aerie instructors John Bleicher, RN, EMT-P, Bill Taylor, RN, CCEMT-P, and David McEvoy, CCEMT-P began teaching wilderness medicine classes in 1995 with Missoula Emergency Services. Dr. Greg Moore served as our Medical Advisor. In 1997, we incorporated as Educational Services, doing business as Aerie School for Backcountry Medicine. We chose the name Aerie because of its connotations of wildness and the unique perspective gained in such a location. In 1995, we taught two wilderness first responder courses in Missoula to the Student Conservation Association. We believed then, as now, that sound medical decisions were based on informed patient assessments and that quality medical education should focus on teaching people how to conduct these assessments. We have always stressed that almost anyone can learn how to perform a particular skill; the difficult matter is making the decision to do it.

From 1995, when Aerie taught 30 students in Missoula, to 2018, when we trained thousands of students throughout the US, Mexico, Central America, Africa and India, we have remained committed to quality. While growth highlights our success, we understand that it is not the most important index. Instead, we regard our student feedback, which is extremely positive, and the increasing number of personal referrals our students and host-agencies give to others, as our most important confirmation. We are a private, for-profit organization that believes in supporting its instructors and the communities where we teach.