wilderness medicine

• Lightning Strike Emergencies Part 2: Trauma Approach

  Image Credit: Piqsels Author: Vivek Abraham, MDPGY-1, Orthopedic Surgery Additional Authors: Ivan Yue, MD PGY-1, Emergency MedicineNaval Medical Center San DiegoAAEM/RSA Publications and Social Media Committee Alexander Li, MDPGY-1, Orthopedic Surgery Naval Medical Center Portsmouth IntroductionLightning strike triage and cardiac resuscitation was previously covered in part 1. Abnormal cardiac rhythms are the most common fatal […]
• Lightning Strike Emergencies Part 1: Triage and Cardiac Emergency

  Image Credit: Piqsels This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Vivek Abraham, MDPGY-1, Orthopedic Surgery Additional Authors: Alexander Li, MDPGY-1, Orthopedic Surgery Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Ivan Yue, MD PGY-1, Emergency MedicineNaval Medical Center San DiegoAAEM/RSA Publications and Social Media Committee   Introduction Lightning strikes occur commonly, with an estimated global incidence of 240,000 […]
• Avalanche Resuscitation in the Emergency Department

  Image Credit: Wikipedia This post was peer reviewed. Click to learn more. Authors: Vivek Abraham, MS4 Medical StudentUniformed Services University F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine Ivan Yue, MS4Medical StudentUniformed Services University F. Edward Hebert School of MedicineAAEM/RSA Publications and Social Media Committee Alexander Li, MS4Medical StudentUniformed Services University F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine […]
• Interactive Competitions are Innovative Ways to Reinforce Wilderness Medicine Skills in Residency

  Image Source: Wikimedia This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Austin Tam, ScB, MSIIIMedical StudentAlpert Medical SchoolAAEM/RSA Education Committee Emergency medicine (EM) is a specialty that requires both a wide breadth of medical knowledge and procedural prowess. Methods to impart the clinical skills necessary to be a successful EM physician can take the […]
• Toxicodendron Dermatitis

  This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Image Source: Wikimedia Authors: Taraneh Matin, DO & Daniel Leiva, DO Larkin Community Hospital and Baystate Medical Center Exposure to species in the genus Toxicodendron accounts for the most common cause of plant-induced allergic contact dermatitis in the United States and more plant-dermatitides than all of the […]
• Exploring an interest in Wilderness Medicine

  Image Credit: Flickr This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Josh Symes, MD EM PGY-1 University of Mississippi Medical Center Wilderness Medicine affords the opportunity to combine passion for the outdoors with passion for medicine. Many people pursue wilderness medicine to be better equipped to use their medical training and expertise in medical […]
• Wilderness Medicine: Special Considerations for Submersion Injuries

  Image Credit: Flickr Author: Mike Wilk, MS4Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Originally Published: Modern Resident February/March 2016 Drowning still remains a leading cause of accidental death in the United States, particularly for young children.[1] In the past, many terms were developed in reference to subtypes of drowning such as near drowning, dry and […]

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