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February 2008 - Wilderness Medicine

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  • Avalanche Injuries

    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog It was recently reported that a man buried by an avalanche for nearly 8 hours survived after being found with an avalanche probe. According to the victim, he was buried...
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  • The Value of Wilderness Medicine Research

    Last week WMI held it’s annual staff meeting in Lander, Wyoming. One of our guest speakers, Stuart Harris MD, is the Director of the Wilderness Medicine Fellowship at Harvard and a high altitude researcher. He talked about hypoxia as a fundamental problem...

  • Treatment for Burns

    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog 1. Remove the victim from the source of the burn. If his clothing is on fire, roll him on the ground or smother him in a blanket to extinguish the flames. If the victim...
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