May, 2009

Risk Management & First Aid

The Risk Management and First Aid Group focuses on managing safety in outdoor programming.

Wilderness Medicine

Observations, questions and dialogue on wilderness medicine topics.
  • Wilderness Medicine

    Rattlesnake Bite Tale

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    There is an article on the front page of the May 22, 2009 Casper Star Tribune, Wyoming's main newspaper. The gist of the tale is a dog bitten on the nose by a rattlesnake. It's owner sucks “venom” from the wound with his mouth, then...
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    Immunization Patch for Infectious Diarrhea

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog Infectious diarrhea from all causes is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among international travelers, including those who frequent wilderness areas. It would...
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    Scorpion anti-venom

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    There is a study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine on an anti-venom for the bark scorpion Centruroides sculpturatus . Antivenom for the bark scorpion is a single sentence in our WFR curriculum “There is an antivenom available for...
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    Raccoon Roundworm

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    According to the New York Daily News, Raccoon Roundwarm, a rare disease, has left an infant brain damaged and a teenager blind in one eye. While this disease is considered to be rare in humans, like other parasitic diseases, it can be very serious. Backcountry...
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