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re: Mouth-to-Mouth Breathing Versus Mask-Assisted Breathing

Team9TrainingAlpha — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 06:25:57 GMT

As far back as 1974, I remember the AHA taught that " the most effective means of artificial respiration was mouth to mouth or mouth to nose".. We were taught, no barriers as they hindered a good seal. I've performed MTM,MTN, BVM, ET...Fast forward to 2011. In my experience, use any tool in the tool box, but know how to use those tools. For the layperson, the hands on only approach does cut out the confusion and keeps them on the chest until a "higher level of care" arrives. I think we all know there are no absolutes, except death.

re: Mouth-to-Mouth Breathing Versus Mask-Assisted Breathing

Outdoor Ed — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:32:46 GMT

Paul's points are well-taken. The challenges of getting an effective seal is just one of the reasons that hands-only CPR is now being taught to lay people by the American Heart Association and the Red Cross.

re: The Fully Stocked First Aid Kit

Outdoor Ed — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:19:18 GMT

What else would you add to this list?

re: Achieving Initial Control with Antivenom in Snakebite Victims

olarians — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:28:12 GMT

interesting information!!!

re: Helmets for Active Sports

Green911 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:34:40 GMT

Great article! and very interesting site!

re: Helmets for Active Sports

Green911 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 07:27:06 GMT

A very useful thing if you have a bike!

re: Studies Show that Continuous Chest Compression CPR Very Effective

tiffanys — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:55:48 GMT

The work from our EMS providers in Arizona further questions the longstanding dogma of tracheal intubation and ventilation for cardiac arrest

Studies Shows that Continuous Chest Compression CPR Very Effective

Wilderness Medicine — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:08:40 GMT

Tod Schimelpfenig first reported on 'Hands-Only CPR' here in the Wilderness Medicine Blog back

Wilderness Medical Society Meeting WFA Discussion

Wilderness Medicine — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:03:25 GMT

On Sunday evening July 25 th Tony Islas MD, president of the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) hosted

re: Raynaud's Phenomenon and Altitude

ranger5718 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:46:48 GMT

I am wondering if any of the volunteers suffered debilitating pain. It can be so bad that the individual can not function during re warming. This could be a bad thing at the wrong time.

re: WFR Scope of Practice Draft

Outdoor Ed — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:27:07 GMT

People interested in providing comments to the Scope of Practice Working Group should email Tod at

tod_schimelpfenig@nols.edu

re: Tick-Borne Illness

Brian Maher — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:05 GMT

great tips!

re: SAM Splint versus Philadelphia Collar

Outdoor Ed — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:57:06 GMT

You can watch a video on how to create a cervical collar from a SAM Splint at

sammedical.com/.../C_Collar.html

re: Wilderness First Aid Scope of Practice

Outdoor Ed — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:13:48 GMT

The Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) has issued a press release about the roundtable discussion that they held at the AORE Conference in St. Paul, MN. The Wilderness Medical Roundtable brought together four of the leading wilderness medical providers, two AORE practitioners, and two leading authors in an important discussion relating to the issue of standardizing wilderness medicine.

www.outdoored.com/.../template1.aspx

re: Subungual Hematoma

Outdoor Ed — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:51:34 GMT

What can you do to prevent "boot bang?" I just came off a hiking trip in Colorado where I got the dreaded "black toe." It was 5 miles of downhill hiking that did it. I didn't feel any pain during the hike but as soon as I took off my boots I saw my left big toe. In this particular case a contributing factor was wearing wool socks that were too thick which took up extra space in the toe box area of the boots.

Prevention:

1. Check your boot fit including sock combinations

2. Trim your toenails before hiking

3. Tighten up your boots before long downhill stretches. In particular, using a Surgeon's Knot partway up your boot will help you tighten up the top ankle section while leaving the toe area looser. You tie a Surgeon's Knot by taking a few extra twists with the boot lace as show below.