January, 2010

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Observations, questions and dialogue on wilderness medicine topics.
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    Proper Hydration at High Altitude

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog The standard dictum when advising persons who travel to high altitude, and thus expose themselves to a lower atmospheric oxygen concentration, is to stay "well...
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    SAM Splint versus Philadelphia Collar

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog In an issue of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (Volume 20, Number 2, 2009), Todd McGrath and Crystal Murphy have written an article entitled “Comparison...
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    Frozen Autoinjectors and Armpits

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    I recently exchanged emails with a fellow who asked if it was acceptable to freeze the auto-injector in his first aid kit. I told him of course not, you may not have time to thaw the medication. Now curious, I intentionally froze four expired EpiPens®...
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    Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog We're in ski season and so a few unfortunate individuals will suffer few knee injuries. A while back, a reader asked me to describe an uncommon injury, which is...
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