JUNGLE FIRST AID
MASTER TROPICAL FIRST AID KNOWLEDGE
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Duration: 6-8 hours.
Schedule: Work at your own pace.
Price: To celebrate our launch - Free for 2025
Certification: Valid for 3 years. Re-certification through reassessment.
Endorsed by: International Association of Jungle Guides (IAJG), JGI Wilderness Medicine, Overseen by our medical director, Dr. Duncan Gray, Wilderness Medicine expert. Read his bio here. Read his journey here.
Description: This is not your average first aid course. Designed for those who operate in some of the planet’s most extreme environments, Jungle First Aid teaches practical, field-proven medical skills for tropical expeditions, jungle operations, and remote survival.
Whether you're leading a documentary crew, navigating dense bush as a guide, or heading into the canopy with a research team — this course prepares you to manage real emergencies with limited resources, delayed evacuation, and no margin for error.
You’ll learn:
The basics, plus…
How to assemble and use a jungle-optimized first aid kit
Treatment protocols for wounds, infections, bites, stings, tropical diseases, and trauma
Environmental emergency response: heat illness, dehydration, jungle hypothermia
Improvised stretchers and patient evacuation techniques
Survival-first integration: hydration, shelter, signaling, and navigation
Realistic, scenario-based training for decision-making in the field
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Course orientation
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Lesson 2 - Safety, Scope & Standards
Understand the purpose and limitations of this course, learn which international medical standards and protocols guide the course content and acknowledge how this training applies to jungle operations
Understand the purpose and limitations of this course, learn which international medical standards and protocols guide the course content and acknowledge how this training applies to jungle operations
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Lesson 1 - Pre-Expedition Medical Screening
Understand the purpose of medical screening before jungle travel. Identify the key components of a pre-trip health assessment. Recognize the importance of individualized planning for team members.
Understand the purpose of medical screening before jungle travel. Identify the key components of a pre-trip health assessment. Recognize the importance of individualized planning for team members.
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Lesson 2 – Personal Jungle First Aid Kit Checklist
Understand the essential contents of a personal jungle first aid kit.
Understand the essential contents of a personal jungle first aid kit.
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Lesson 3 – Group First Aid Kit Checklist
Understand how a group kit differs from a personal kit. Learn how to scale and adapt group medical supplies. Identify considerations for activity type, remoteness, and team size
Understand how a group kit differs from a personal kit. Learn how to scale and adapt group medical supplies. Identify considerations for activity type, remoteness, and team size
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Lesson 4 – Preventative Health Measures
Understand key strategies to prevent illness and injury in the jungle. Learn how to brief teams on daily health practices. Identify environmental risk factors that can be mitigated through preparation
Understand key strategies to prevent illness and injury in the jungle. Learn how to brief teams on daily health practices. Identify environmental risk factors that can be mitigated through preparation
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Lesson 5 – Environmental Awareness
Recognize how environmental conditions influence medical risks. Learn how to reduce exposure to jungle-specific hazards. Understand the role of terrain, climate, and wildlife in injury prevention
Recognize how environmental conditions influence medical risks. Learn how to reduce exposure to jungle-specific hazards. Understand the role of terrain, climate, and wildlife in injury prevention
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Lesson 1 - Scene Safety and Situational Assessment
Understand how to approach a jungle emergency scene safely. Learn how to identify hazards and protect the group. Begin structured decision-making from the moment you arrive.
Understand how to approach a jungle emergency scene safely. Learn how to identify hazards and protect the group. Begin structured decision-making from the moment you arrive.
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Lesson 2 – Primary and Secondary Patient Assessments
Understand the difference between primary and secondary assessments. Learn how to identify and prioritize life-threatening conditions. Use structured systems to assess and monitor patients.
Understand the difference between primary and secondary assessments. Learn how to identify and prioritize life-threatening conditions. Use structured systems to assess and monitor patients.
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Lesson 3 – Decision-Making Protocols
Understand how to prioritize treatment and evacuation in remote settings. Learn how to make clear, time-sensitive decisions under pressure. Use simple frameworks to guide complex jungle first aid scenarios
Understand how to prioritize treatment and evacuation in remote settings. Learn how to make clear, time-sensitive decisions under pressure. Use simple frameworks to guide complex jungle first aid scenarios
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Lesson 1 - Heat Illness: Recognition, Prevention and Treatment
Identify the types and stages of heat illness. Learn how to prevent heat-related conditions in the jungle. Apply effective field treatment for heat cramps, exhaustion, and heat stroke
Identify the types and stages of heat illness. Learn how to prevent heat-related conditions in the jungle. Apply effective field treatment for heat cramps, exhaustion, and heat stroke
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Lesson 2 – Dehydration and Hydration Strategies
Recognize early and late signs of dehydration in the jungle. Learn how to hydrate effectively during field operations. Understand how to prevent dehydration-related complications
Recognize early and late signs of dehydration in the jungle. Learn how to hydrate effectively during field operations. Understand how to prevent dehydration-related complications
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Lesson 3 – Jungle-Specific Hypothermia
Understand how hypothermia occurs in hot, wet environments. Learn how to recognize early and late signs of hypothermia. Apply effective treatment and prevention strategies in jungle conditions
Understand how hypothermia occurs in hot, wet environments. Learn how to recognize early and late signs of hypothermia. Apply effective treatment and prevention strategies in jungle conditions
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Lesson 1 - Wound Care and Infection in the Jungle
Understand how the jungle environment increases infection risk. Learn how to clean, dress, and monitor wounds in the field. Recognize early signs of infection and when to escalate care
Understand how the jungle environment increases infection risk. Learn how to clean, dress, and monitor wounds in the field. Recognize early signs of infection and when to escalate care
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Lesson 2 – Bites, Stings, and Envenomation
Identify common biting and stinging hazards in jungle regions. Learn how to treat insect stings, spider bites, and snake envenomation. Understand which symptoms require evacuation or escalation
Identify common biting and stinging hazards in jungle regions. Learn how to treat insect stings, spider bites, and snake envenomation. Understand which symptoms require evacuation or escalation
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Lesson 3 – Fungal Infections and Skin Conditions
Recognize common skin issues caused by jungle conditions. Learn how to prevent and treat fungal infections, immersion foot, and rashes. Understand when skin problems become medical concerns
Recognize common skin issues caused by jungle conditions. Learn how to prevent and treat fungal infections, immersion foot, and rashes. Understand when skin problems become medical concerns
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Lesson 4 – Diarrhea, Foodborne Illness, and Tropical Infections
Identify causes and symptoms of common gastrointestinal illnesses in the jungle. Understand basic treatment protocols for diarrhea and tropical infection. Learn prevention strategies for food, water, and hygiene-related illnesses
Identify causes and symptoms of common gastrointestinal illnesses in the jungle. Understand basic treatment protocols for diarrhea and tropical infection. Learn prevention strategies for food, water, and hygiene-related illnesses
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Lesson 5 – Fever, Infections, and Tropical Disease Red Flags
Recognize when a fever is a serious sign in the jungle. Understand key symptoms of common tropical diseases. Know when to isolate, treat, or evacuate based on systemic illness signs
Recognize when a fever is a serious sign in the jungle. Understand key symptoms of common tropical diseases. Know when to isolate, treat, or evacuate based on systemic illness signs
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Lesson 1 – Patient Monitoring and Extended Care
Learn how to track a patient’s status over time in the field. Use vital signs and observation to detect improvement or decline. Understand basic extended care concepts when evacuation is delayed.
Learn how to track a patient’s status over time in the field. Use vital signs and observation to detect improvement or decline. Understand basic extended care concepts when evacuation is delayed.
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Lesson 2 – Improvised Stretchers and Patient Movement
Learn how to construct and use improvised stretchers in the jungle. Understand safe techniques for lifting and transporting patients. Recognize when moving a patient may cause more harm than good
Learn how to construct and use improvised stretchers in the jungle. Understand safe techniques for lifting and transporting patients. Recognize when moving a patient may cause more harm than good
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Lesson 3 – Evacuation Planning and Communication
Understand how to plan for medical evacuation in a jungle environment. Learn how to communicate effectively with rescue teams or support units. Use field-ready tools like ATMIST and medevac checklists to streamline response.
Understand how to plan for medical evacuation in a jungle environment. Learn how to communicate effectively with rescue teams or support units. Use field-ready tools like ATMIST and medevac checklists to streamline response.
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Lesson 1 – Casualty Shelter and Protection
Learn how to build effective field shelters for injured or ill team members. Understand the risks of prolonged exposure in the jungle. Apply principles of insulation, waterproofing, and insect protection.
Learn how to build effective field shelters for injured or ill team members. Understand the risks of prolonged exposure in the jungle. Apply principles of insulation, waterproofing, and insect protection.
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Lesson 2 – Jungle Water Purification and Casualty Hydration
Learn safe methods for purifying water in jungle environments. Understand how to provide hydration for injured or ill team members. Prevent further illness through careful water sourcing and treatment
Learn safe methods for purifying water in jungle environments. Understand how to provide hydration for injured or ill team members. Prevent further illness through careful water sourcing and treatment
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Lesson 3 – Jungle Signaling and Rescue Techniques
Understand methods for attracting rescue in jungle environments. Learn how to use tools, technology, and terrain to improve visibility. Apply signaling strategies based on location, weather, and available resources
Understand methods for attracting rescue in jungle environments. Learn how to use tools, technology, and terrain to improve visibility. Apply signaling strategies based on location, weather, and available resources
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Lesson 4 – Nutrition and Psychological Resilience in Prolonged Care
Understand the role of nutrition in supporting injured or ill team members. Learn strategies to maintain morale and psychological resilience during extended field care. Apply small, actionable practices to sustain the group in difficult conditions.
Understand the role of nutrition in supporting injured or ill team members. Learn strategies to maintain morale and psychological resilience during extended field care. Apply small, actionable practices to sustain the group in difficult conditions.
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