What is NOLS approach to Risk Management?
The health and the well being of our students and staff are of the highest priority at NOLS. However, it is important to recognize that there is, and always will be, a certain degree of risk in the very nature of a NOLS course. Our students and staff travel deep into the wilderness on extended expeditions, where they may be hours or even days from advanced medical care. We feel that the risks are manageable and that no organization is better equipped to manage them than NOLS. Our full time Risk Management Director is the lead editor and author of the Manual of Accreditation Standards. As an organization, we are the lead sponsor and founder of the annual Wilderness Risk Management Conference (WMRC), we also serve on the Board of Directors for both the Wilderness Risk Management Committee and Wilderness Medical Society. Additionally, as the home of the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS (WMI), we are the world’s leading provider of wilderness medicine training and certification. Our l
