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  • Blog Post: Lightning Safety Awareness

    by Paul Auerbach This post relates information learned in a recent issue (Volume 22, Number 3, 2011) of the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine , published by the Wilderness Medical Society. In an article entitled “Lightning Safety Awareness of Visitors in Three California National...
  • Blog Post: Wilderness First Aid Scope of Practice Update

    Folks This is an update on the wilderness first aid scope of practice process and documents. Our group of colleagues have been working steadily on these documents.We have circulated several drafts of the Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Scope of Practice document, considered the feedback we have received and...
  • Blog Post: 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 practices. I’m not so sure this is the case...
  • Blog Post: Sea Bather’s Rash

    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog From the month of May through September, oceangoers along the U.S. Gulf coast need to be concerned about a particular form of skin rash caused by tiny jellyfish. As the summer season progresses, this can also become...
  • Blog Post: 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 has been burned with chemicals, gallons of water...
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