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Risk Management & First Aid

The Risk Management and First Aid Group focuses on managing safety in outdoor programming.
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  • Blog Post: Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Frostbite

    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. Led by Scott McIntosh, MD and his colleagues, the Wilderness Medical Society has published "Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite" ( Wild Environ Med 2011:22;156-166). These guidelines are intended to provide clinicians about best evidence...
  • Blog Post: Wilderness Medical Society Frostbite Treatment Practice Guidelines

    It's summer somewhere; snowing in the Wind Rivers today. The Wilderness Medical Society has released the second in a series of consensus practice guidelines on topics in wilderness medicine. This paper, guidelines for the prevention and treatment of frostbite, is the work of an expert panel convened...
  • Blog Post: Wilderness Medical Society Meeting WFA Discussion

    On Sunday evening July 25 th Tony Islas MD, president of the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) hosted a meeting of wilderness medicine providers at the summer meeting of the WMS. All of the major providers were represented, including the Red Cross and members of ski patrol, representatives from AORE and...
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