October, 2011

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

    Sawyer Squeeze Water Filtration System

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. As most of you know, I am sometimes sent outdoor health equipment and supplies to evaluate. I’ve recently received a few items worthy of mention. Sawyer Squeeze Water Filtration System First, there is the Sawyer Products ‘Squeeze’...
  • Wilderness Medicine

    Comparing New Agents Used to Control Bleeding

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. Once of the major recent advances in trauma care has been the evolution of topical substances that can be applied to wounds in order to limit or stop hemorrhage (bleeding). This is very important in wilderness medicine, because...
  • Wilderness Medicine

    The Concept of Risk

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    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. Dr. Robert “Brownie” Schoene, an enormously talented, accomplished, and insightful physician who resides within the bedrock of wilderness medicine, gave a wonderful presentation about the concept of risk at the 2010...
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