September, 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.
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    Nutrition Needs for Rescuers and the Rescued

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    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...
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    iPhone Medical Apps: TickDoctor

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog Dr. Jeremy Joslin is a wilderness medicine aficionado and has without question posted the greatest number of intelligent and useful comments to posts at this blog...
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    Planning Food for Wilderness Expeditions

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog The Wilderness Medical Society held its Annual Meeting in Snowmass, Colorado from July 24-29, 2009. The meeting was very well attended and once again demonstrated...
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    The NOLS Incident Database is 25 years old!

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    I vividly remember back to 1984 when the late Jim Ratz, then NOLS’ Executive Director, gave his endorsement to the concept of identifying and recording NOLS's risk management incidents. Jim’s support helped us work through our aversion...
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    Mechanical Supports for Ankle Sprains

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog Much of how we know to practice medicine for the outdoors, including medicine in remote wilderness environments, comes from what we learn in the urban setting. For...
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