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October 2009 - Wilderness Medicine

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Wilderness First Aid Scope of Practice

The concept of consistency in the content of Wilderness First Aid (WFA) and Wilderness First Responder (WFR) programs is receiving much attention. Some folks seem to think there is chaos among the various providers with people teaching widely varying...

Published 10-30-2009 3:13 PM by Tod Schimelpfenig

Filed under: wilderness first aid, scope of practice, providers
Heat-related Illnesses

by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog This is the next post based upon a presentation given at the Wilderness Medical Society Annual Meeting held in Snowmass, Colorado from July 24-29, 2009. The presentation...

Published 10-11-2009 6:43 PM by Paul Auerbach

Filed under: heat stroke, heat illness, heat-related illness, heat exhaustion
Charles Houston MD

Charles S. Houston MD passed away on September 27 th at the age of 96. We have lost a great presence in wilderness medicine and mountaineering. You may recognize Dr. Houston as the author of Going Higher: Oxygen, Man, and Mountains, the wonderful layperson...

Published 10-01-2009 1:28 PM by Tod Schimelpfenig

Filed under: Dr. Charles Houston

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