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Wilderness Medicine: Mountain Sickness

Video Release Date: October 19, 2008
Video Source: YouTube

Wilderness Medicine and high altitude sickness prevention is important when traveling in the high mountains or plateaus of the world. Prevention is most important to avoid feeling sick. We briefly discuss what acute mountain sickness (AMS) is, and what to do about it.

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