FAWM Required Topics:

ID# Topic
Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine
01-001 Physics & Physiology of Depth
01-002 Overview of Dive Medicine
01-003 Dysbarisms & Barotrauma
01-004 Marine Creatures
Tropical and Travel Medicine
02-001 Overview Immunizations for Travel
02-002 Overview of Tic-borne Illness
02-004 Malaria
02-005 Parasites & Protozoal infections in the Traveler
02-007 Chronic Medical Conditions and Wilderness Traveler
02-008 Pre-Participation Medical Assessment of the Wilderness
02-009 Traveler's Diarrhea
02-010 Planning for Group Travel
02-012 Women's Issues in Traveling
02-014 Safety & Security While Traveling
02-017 Overview of Travel Medicine
02-023 Medical Kits for Exotic Travel
02-028 Cultural Considerations in Travel Medicine
02-029 Chronic Diarrhea in the Returned Traveler
02-030 Incorporating Travel Medicine into a Medical Practice
02-033 Travel Dermatology
02-034 Fever in the Returned Traveler
02-035 STDs in the Adventure Traveler
02-049 Overview of Hemorrhagic Fevers
02-051 Emerging Infections
High Altitude & Mountaineering Medicine
03-001 Physics & Physiology of Altitude
03-002 Overview of High Altitude Disorders
03-004 Overview of HAPE & HACE
03-007 The Effect of High Altitude on Underlying Medical Problems
Expedition Medicine
04-001 Basic Field Dentistry
04-002 Overview of Expedition Medicine
Field Craft and Equipment
05-001 Intro to Wilderness Medicine
05-002 Law and Ethics in Wilderness Medicine
05-003 Water Procurement in the Wilderness
05-004 Food Procurement in the Wilderness
05-006 Cold Weather Hiking & Trekking
05-008 Foot Gear and Care of the Feet
05-009 Overview of Clothing Selection for Wilderness Travel
05-010 Overview of Wilderness Survival
05-013 Survival Kits
05-015 Land Navigation
05-026 General Wilderness Medical Kit
Rescue and Evacuation
06-001 Overview of Search and Rescue Operations in Mountaineering
06-008 Lifting and Moving Injured Persons
Sports Medicine and Physiology
07-001 Exercise Physiology
07-002 Homeostasis & Fluid Resuscitation
07-004 The Elderly Patient in the Wilderness
07-010 Pediatric Wilderness Medicine
Preventive Medicine, Field Sanitation & Hygiene
08-001 General Field Sanitation & Hygiene Measures
08-002 Vector Control & Barriers- reducing the risk of arthropod exposure
08-005 Water Purification Methods
General Environmental Medicine
09-001 Overview of Cold Injury
09-002 Frost Bite and Trench Foot
09-003 Lightning Injury
09-004 Near Drowning & Immersion
09-005 Solar Injury and Protection
09-006 Overview of Insects & Arachnids
09-007 Mammalian Attacks
09-009 Heat Illness & Dehydration
09-010 Plant Toxins & Dermatitis
09-011 Nutrition in Extreme Environments
09-012 Overview of Aerospace Medicine
09-013 Anaphylaxis
09-014 Hymenoptera Bites & stings
09-019 Recognition and Management of Hypothermia
09-020 Overview of Reptile Envenomations
09-025 Overview of Wilderness Toxicology
09-027 Seafood Related Toxins
Improvised and Alternative Medicine
10-001 Improvised Field Wound management
10-002 Improvisational Medical Techniques in the Wilderness
Disaster & Humanitarian Assistance
11-001 Overview of Disaster & Humanitarian Assistance
11-003 Overview of Bioterroism
Wilderness Emergencies and Trauma Management
12-001 Overview of Medical Emergencies in the Wilderness
12-002 Pre-hospital Patient Assessment
12-003 Pain Management in the Wilderness Setting
12-004 Antibiotics Selection and Therapy
12-005 Ocular Trauma and Emergencies
12-007 Compartment Syndrome
12-008 Fractures & Dislocations
12-009 Sprains & Strains
12-010 Soft Tissue Injuries and contusions
12-011 Improvised Splints, Litters and carries
12-012 General Wound Management in the Wilderness
12-014 Burn Management
12-015 Management of Chest Wounds
12-016 Amputations
12-017 Emergency Airways
12-021 Overview of Field Management of General Orthopedic Problems
12-022 Psychological Response to Injury and Crisis
12-024 Management of Common Knee Injuries in the Wilderness
12-025 Management of Common Shoulder injuries in the Wilderness
12-026 Management of Common Ankle & Foot Injuries in the Wilderness
12-027 Management of Common Wrist and Hand Injuries in the Wilderness
12-029 Management of Thoracic and Abdominal Injuries
12-032 Management of Head Injury in the Wilderness
12-033 Management of Spinal Trauma in the Wilderness

Return