This article by John Forrester and Christopher Holstege from the December 2009 edition of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine published by the Wilderness Medical Society presents
Tod Schimelpfenig first reported on ‘Hands-Only CPR’ here in the Wilderness Medicine Blog back in 2008. Two studies just released in the July 2010 edition
Be a lifesaver; not a bystander. Learn Continuous Chest Compression CPR from Gordon A. Ewy, MD, and Karl Kern, MD, the physician researchers who developed
Folks The Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for prevention and treatment of acute mountain sickness, high altitude cerebral edema
The group of wilderness medicine providers working on scope of practice documents have completed a draft of a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) Scope of Practice
Foodborne bacterial diarrhea is a common problem of backpackers, kayakers, divers – of anyone who ventures into the outdoors and is therefore associated with ingestion
Have you heard the story of evolving snake venom? Apparently snake venom in general is becoming more potent and, gasp, snakes have been interbreeding and
In a past issue of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine (Volume 20, Number 2, 2009), Andrew Luks and colleagues published an article entitled “Can People with
FolksThis is an update on the wilderness first aid scope of practice process and documents. Our group of colleagues have been working steadily on these
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.
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