Conference Information

 

Reserve a Conference

Please call us at 815-623-7749 with your name, phone number, and information about your organization. We will get back to you within 5 business days to discuss the details of the presentations we offer. If you prefer email, contact info (at) surviveoutdoors.com.


Why Attend?

Reasons why you should attend the Survive Outdoors conferences:

  • To increase your skills and knowledge.
  • To learn basic and advanced medical skills.
  • To learn assessment and treatment of many outdoor ailments and emergencies.
  • To teach family and loved ones how to be prepared if they get lost in the outdoors.
  • Learn how to condition yourself for hiking or mountain climbing.
  • To be able to identify edible and toxic plants.

Questions you should ask yourself if you are an amateur or a experienced outdoorsman:

  • Can you start a fire in a 20 mph wind during a rainstorm?
  • If you're out of water, can you purify it without getting sick?
  • What should you carry in your medical kit when traveling in the outdoors?
  • Can you build a shelter with a piece of plastic and a rope in less than 10 minutes without tying knots?

Conference Feedback

Feedback from May 15, 2002 Boy Scout presentation.

Letter from Chip Messiner, Asst. Committee Chariman, Boy Scout Troup 411.

Feedback from March 9, 2002 Rockford conference participants.

"The best part was the lecture on getting lost and found and backpack necessities."

"Very down to Earth, knowledge everyone should know."

"Speakers well informed and interesting. Well organized conference. Can't think of anything bad, I liked it all."

"Contains information not found in "First Aid" classes. Presented by people who actually go outdoors!"

"Good balance between lay and professional explanations."

"D. Williams covered some of the back country injuries, you can tell he is a backpacker and has knowledgable experience. Would like to hear more from him!!!"

Feedback from April 21, 2001 DuQuoin, IL conference.

A poem for Survive Outdoors.
-Fire Chief Richard Fronek, DuQuoin, IL

Feedback from January 13, 2001 Rockford conference participants.

"Very helpful and educational."
-Jamie Zinna, X-ray technologist

"Everything was covered in great detail + left nothing uncovered."
-Scott Vincent, Police Officer

"Very interesting and gained a lot of knowledge. New and different topic in this area!"
-Paramedic / Fire Fighter

"Great job! Very organized! I left with some helpful tips. Tom Walsh's presentation of fitness was very interesting."
-Donna Hansen, X-ray technologist

 




 

 
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REFERENCE TOPICS
Asthma
Babesiosis
Barotrauma
Bee Stings
Bicycle Safety
Boating Safety
Box Jellyfish
Bubonic Plague
Camping Safety
Catfish Sting
Chiggers
Chronic Wasting Disease
Deer Stand Injuries
Dehydration
Drowning
Edible Plants
Ehrlichiosis
Eye Injuries
Field Dressing Deer
First Aid Kits
Fractures
Frostbite
Getting Lost and Getting Found
Heat Exhaustion
Heat Stroke
Hunting Safety
Hyponatremia
Hypothermia
Ice Fishing Safety
Incubation Periods
Infectious Diarrhea
Jellyfish Stings
Lacerations
Lightning Safety
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Mosquito
Mushrooms
Poison Ivy, Oak, and Sumac
Portuguese Man of War
Psychology of Survival
Rabies Virus
Rehydration
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Safe Foreign Travel
SARS
Scabies
Scorpions
Seasonal Allergies
Shark Attacks
Skiers Thumb
Snake Bites

 - Black Racer

 - Brown Snake

 - Copperhead Snake
 - Cottonmouth
 - Eastern Coral Snake
 - Fox Snake
 - Garter Snake
 - Sea Snakes
 - Timber Rattlesnake
 - Western Diamondback
Spiders
 - Baby Spiders
 - Banana Spider
 - Black Widow
 - Brown Recluse
 - Brown Widow
 - Daddy Long Legs
 - Fishing Spider
 - Forest Wolf Spider
 - Golden Rod Spider
 - Grass Spider
 - Green Lynx
 - Jumping Spider
 - Red Widow
 - Tarantula
Splinting
STARI
Stink Bugs
Sunburn
Swimmer's Ear
Tetanus
Ticks
Tornado Safety
Travel Immunizations
Trip Planning
Tularemia
West Nile Virus
Yellow Fever
 
TRAUMA PICTURES
Allergic Reactions
Amputations
Animal Attacks
Basal Cell Carcinoma
BB Gun Injury
Bee Stings
Burns
Chigger Bites
Dislocations
Eye Injury
Fish Hook Removal
Foreign Bodies
Fractures
Frostbite Pictures
Gunshot Wounds
Herpes Zoster
Hook Worm
Lacerations
Lyme Disease Rash
MRSA Infection
Poison Ivy Rash
Sea Lice Bites
Search and Rescue
Spider Bites
 - Brown Recluse Bites
Sunburn Pictures
Tendon Ruptures
 
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Insect Identification
 

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