The Outdoor Safety Code
2011-05-15
The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council encourages the use of The Outdoor Safety Code across all outdoor activities, sports and recreations. For more infor visit
Topic: Protocols & Procedures
New Study Finds Helmet Use in Children Reduces Skull Fractures in Skiing/Boarding
2011-02-21
The helmet debate in winter sports has raged on for a long time with some people claiming that wearing a helmet increases accidents because people
Injury and Illness in College Outdoor Education – Study Published
2011-01-10
The current issue of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (Vol 21, Num4, 2010), the official publication for the Wilderness Medical Society, has an article titled “Injury
New Safety Protocols Developed by Outdoor Pursuits Centre
2010-09-21
OPC Issues Report on Managatepopo Tragedy As a follow-up on my previous posting about the New Zealand Canyoning incident in April 2008, the Sir Edmund
New Zealand Coroner’s Report has Lessons for all of us
2010-07-18
The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council (MSC) has issued a press release regarding the New Zealand Coroner’s Report on the deaths of six high school
Helmets for Active Sports
2009-12-06
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported an analysis of motorcycle helmet use in fatal crashes. What was discovered is not surprising – namely, that
The Real Risk of Meds in the Woods
2009-11-18
Many of us have weighed in on the “Meds in the Woods” issue with the competing moral and legal issues keeping the industry from making
Planning Food for Wilderness Expeditions
2009-09-14
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
Putting the challenge course to bed for winter
2008-11-26
by Chris Ortiz Many of you out there who manage a challenge course live in a climate in which we have this thing called winter
Lightning Precautions
2008-09-08
Spring, summer (peak season), and autumn are the seasons during which we witness most thunderstorms, and during which people and animals are struck by lightning.
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