Train Where Survival Meets Reality
Step beyond the classroom and into the heart of the rainforest. AEMED’s Austere Advanced First Aid course combines cutting-edge emergency care training with hands-on green skills, all delivered in one of the most challenging and awe-inspiring environments on Earth. Whether you’re an outdoor leader, expedition medic, or remote-area professional, this course prepares you to act decisively and live capably when resources are few and help is far away.
Experience the depths of one of the worlds oldest rainforests
Embark on a journey deep into Taman Negara, one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests. Begin your journey with an upriver expedition by traditional longboat, winding through dense jungle waterways before arriving at a remote basecamp accessible only by water and foot. Over several days, you’ll immerse yourself in the realities of wilderness medicine—navigating rugged terrain and executing realistic medical scenarios under pressure. From traumatic injuries and tropical diseases to prolonged field care and delayed evacuation, you’ll be challenged to adapt with limited tools and shifting priorities. This demanding program fuses hands-on training with jungle survival, decision-making under duress, and expeditionary readiness. It is not just about mastering protocols; it’s about learning to lead, improvise, and care for others when you’re days from definitive help and surrounded by some of the world’s most unforgiving natural conditions.
Jungle Living: Practical Green Skills for Self-Reliance
Participants learn practical green skills essential for self-reliance and low-impact living in remote environments. Through hands-on instruction, participants learn safe and effective parang use for trail clearing and resource gathering, as well as various fire-lighting techniques using both natural materials and modern tools. The course covers shelter-building strategies suited to the tropical climate, using local materials to create stable, weather-resistant structures. Learners also explore methods for water sourcing and filtration, gaining the ability to locate, collect, and purify water in austere conditions. Each skill is taught with a strong emphasis on safety, environmental responsibility, and adaptability—ensuring that participants not only know how to survive in the wild, but how to do so ethically, with respect for the ecosystem. These skills are woven into the broader context of living and working in remote areas, making them highly relevant for outdoor leaders, expedition teams, and anyone seeking to deepen their connection to the natural world.
Austere Advanced First Aid Certified by AEMED International
Designed for outdoor professionals and expedition teams, this course is built around the unique demands of remote and resource-scarce environments. Set predominantly in the field, training includes intensive, scenario-based simulations that cover advanced bleeding control, airway and respiratory management, musculoskeletal trauma, tropical illnesses, and environmental hazards such as heat injury, hypothermia, and insect-borne disease. Participants are placed in dynamic situations that require critical thinking, rapid decision-making, and team-based coordination—all while fatigued, wet, and under pressure. The course integrates night operations, problem-solving under stress, and the constant need to adapt conventional medical practices to unconventional settings. Rather than relying on checklists alone, participants learn to think like field medics—improvising with what they have, leading under uncertainty, and delivering patient care over hours or days. Graduates leave with more than just internationally recognised certification; they gain the mindset and skillset necessary to take command of emergencies in some of the world’s most extreme and isolated locations.