http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/feeds/outdoor-medicine?key=outdoor-medicine Healthline Health Blogger Paul S. Auerbach - Medicine for the Outdoors en-us Copyright (c) 2013 Healthline, All rights reserved. en-us Copyright (c) 2013 Healthline, All rights reserved. http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/topical-ivermectin-lotion-treating-head-lice In a situation of poor hygiene and shared living quarters, particularly overseas, you may acquire head and/or body lice, which make their homes predominantly in hair-covered areas of the body. The overwhelming symptom is itching. To search for... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/topical-ivermectin-lotion-treating-head-lice Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2013-02-11T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/public-health-interventions-snowmobile-fatality-rates Snowmobile fatalities are tragic events. Advocating speed limits, particularly at night (when riding in darkness) and not drinking alcohol are policies that have been attempted. Snowmobile accidents continue to occur. The American College of Em... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/public-health-interventions-snowmobile-fatality-rates Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2013-02-04T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/physicians-warnings-for-persons-with-impairments As a physician, I sometimes identify persons with conditions that make them vulnerable to accidents and injuries. Physical or emotional disabilities, a pattern of substance abuse, forgetfulness, dementia, poor physical condition, and many other pr... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/physicians-warnings-for-persons-with-impairments Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2013-01-28T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/computer-modeling-risk-all-terrain-vehicle-rollover All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) have been associated with accidents. For the uninitiated, they may appear safe and easy to operate, but the fact is that they are heavy and powerful machines that must be carefully operated to avoid mishaps. The Amer... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/computer-modeling-risk-all-terrain-vehicle-rollover Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2013-01-21T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/death-brown-recluse-spider-bite “Emergency Department Death From Systemic Loxoscelism” (Annals of Emergency Medicine 2012;60:439-441) describes the unfortunate death of a 3-year-old child resulting from a brown recluse spider bite. In this case report, the child died from sev... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/death-brown-recluse-spider-bite Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2013-01-14T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/comparison-snake-bites-adults-children Adults and children are bitten by snakes. The traditional wisdom is that children may be more at risk for a severe reaction because they have a smaller volume, and so may be more affected by the venom, which can have its effects on a smaller pe... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/comparison-snake-bites-adults-children Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2013-01-07T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/impulse-buying-for-safety One of the best perspective pieces to come appear in a long time was published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine (367;15:1381-83, 2012). Authored by Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH and Susan H. Babey, PhD and titled “Candy at the Cash R... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/impulse-buying-for-safety Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2013-01-02T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/skiing-and-snowboarding-related-head-injuries I’ve written a number of times about the utility of helmets in preventing or mitigating traumatic brain injuries associated with skiing and snowboarding. Which groups of people who participate in these sports would benefit most from education a... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/skiing-and-snowboarding-related-head-injuries Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-12-19T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/risk-factors-for-death-within-30-days-of-passing-out “Syncope” is medical jargon for “passing out” – becoming unconscious for a period of time, then waking up. This certainly happens to people from time to time when they are outdoors, and is always disconcerting. Sometimes the cause is easily det... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/risk-factors-for-death-within-30-days-of-passing-out Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-12-10T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/wilderness-medical-society-practice-guidelines-for-the-treatment-of-lightning-injuries The Wilderness Medical Society (www.wms.org) is publishing a series of guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of a number of outdoor medicine-related issues, such as high-altitude illnesses and frostbite. The most recent is an article about ... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/wilderness-medical-society-practice-guidelines-for-the-treatment-of-lightning-injuries Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-12-03T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/performance-enhancing-drugs-and-high-altitude In the current issue of the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, there is an interesting dialogue about the use (and abuse) of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to achieve greater heights or to ascend in the mountains at a more rap... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/performance-enhancing-drugs-and-high-altitude Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-11-30T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/caving-injuries-in-the-united-states Caving is a sport that is practiced worldwide with increasing enthusiasm. Like every other outdoor adventure, it has its unique epidemiology of accidents and injuries. In an article entitled “The Epidemiology of Caving Injuries in the Unite... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/caving-injuries-in-the-united-states Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-11-21T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/rhodiola-crenulata-doesnt-work-for-acute-mountain-sickness It’s amazing how many remedies are being suggested and tested as prophylaxis against acute mountain sickness. I think one of the reasons is that to do the tests, the investigators usually take a trek to someplace interesting or even fun, like t... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/rhodiola-crenulata-doesnt-work-for-acute-mountain-sickness Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-11-14T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/blood-clotting-profiles-in-the-management-of-copperhead-snake-bites This post is mostly for the doctors, but may be of interest to herpetologists and others interested in snake venom poisoning. Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix) snake bites are traditionally not difficult for physicians to manage, because the... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/blood-clotting-profiles-in-the-management-of-copperhead-snake-bites Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-11-12T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/atrial-fibrillation-abnormal-heart-rhythms-and-stroke When the atria (“upper,” smaller chambers of the heart) are fibrillating (quivering) instead of fully contracting in a rhythmic fashion, then these chambers of the heart are not emptying with each heartbeat, and residual swirling blood has a c... Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/atrial-fibrillation-abnormal-heart-rhythms-and-stroke Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-11-06T08:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/honey-for-nocturnal-cough Honey is a useful substance in a pinch for putting into an open wound to prevent or limit bacterial growth, and is touted by some to have anti-seasonal allergy properties. Now there is a study that appears to confirm its usefulness as a remedy... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/honey-for-nocturnal-cough Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-11-01T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/overdiagnosis-and-mistreatment-of-malaria At a medical meeting where I was recently lecturing about the intersection between wilderness medicine and disaster medicine, a wise person from the audience reminded the listeners that if they really wanted to be prepared to participate in gl... Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/overdiagnosis-and-mistreatment-of-malaria Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-29T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/injury-patterns-and-safety-practices-of-deer-hunters Hunting and fishing injuries are common. Injury prevention programs and safety interventions are optimally determined by understanding the nature of accidents and injuries. The American College of Emergency Physicians held a Research Forum in a... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/injury-patterns-and-safety-practices-of-deer-hunters Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-25T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/ski-patrols-and-emergency-medical-services In the most recent issue of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine appears an article by Drs. Ben Constance and David Johe, and me, entitled “Prehospital Medical Care and the National Ski Patrol: How Does Outdoor Emergency Care Compare to Trad... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/ski-patrols-and-emergency-medical-services Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-22T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/head-injury-and-anticoagulant-medication Increasing numbers of persons take medications on a regular basis. This is in part because we know more about how to effectively manage conditions (such as diabetes and high blood pressure) with medications and in part because we have greater n... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/head-injury-and-anticoagulant-medication Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-19T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/no-antibiotics-for-acute-bronchitis Acute bronchitis is a cough-related illness of the air passages (bronchi) cough persists for more than five days (it often lasts for 1 to 3 weeks), with or without production of sputum (whitish, yellow or green phlegm, or “secretions”), and som... Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/no-antibiotics-for-acute-bronchitis Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-15T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/steroid-injections-for-plantar-fasciitis Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the fascia (tough connective sheath tissue) that encloses the muscles and tendons that traverse the bottom of the foot. It is a syndrome of overuse, caused by excessive walking or running, particularly assoc... Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/steroid-injections-for-plantar-fasciitis Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-12T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/hemostatic-dressing-to-manage-a-bleeding-leech-bite In the Spring 2012 issue of the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine appears a terrific case report by Preston Fedor entitled “Novel Use of a Hemostatic Dressing in the Management of a Bleeding Leech Bite: A Case Report and Review of ... Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/hemostatic-dressing-to-manage-a-bleeding-leech-bite Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-10T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/newly-recognized-tick-borne-illness In the New England Journal of Medicine (2012;367:834-41), there is an article by Laura McMullan, Ph.D. and colleagues entitled “A New Phlebovirus Associated with Severe Febrile Illness in Missouri.” Two men from northwestern Missouri are descri... Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/newly-recognized-tick-borne-illness Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-04T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/nifedipine-for-high-altitude-pulmonary-edema In the Spring 2012 issue of the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine appears an article by Rajesh Deshwal and colleagues entitled “Nifedipine for the Treatment of High Altitude Pulmonary Edema” (WEM 23, 7-10, 2012). It is an interesti... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/nifedipine-for-high-altitude-pulmonary-edema Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-10-01T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/turn-off-cell-phone-pay-attention-to-what-youre-doing It’s well established now that talking on a cell phone while driving leads to increased motor vehicle crashes. So, the law states that one must use a Bluetooth device or be on a speakerphone while driving. Worse than talking on the phone, whic... Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/turn-off-cell-phone-pay-attention-to-what-youre-doing Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-09-27T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-and-drug-interaction Urinary tract (bladder or kidney) infections are common in all age groups. Many antibiotics are used and are effective to treat these infections. In the overwhelming majority of cases, there aren’t any problems with prescribing antibiotics. Ho... Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-and-drug-interaction Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-09-25T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/steroids-for-bells-palsy Bell’s palsy is a form of facial paralysis caused by a problem with a specific nerve (the seventh [facial] cranial nerve) that supplies the face. It is rapid in onset, and can cause the muscles of one side of the face to be completely paralyze... Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/steroids-for-bells-palsy Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-09-21T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/new-test-for-dengue Dengue is a viral disease, transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, that afflicts many travelers to tropical regions, such as the Caribbean and southeast Asia. Part of the problem with diagnosing dengue is near total reliance upon the clin... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/new-test-for-dengue Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-09-18T07:00:00Z http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/vision-and-falls-in-elders In the past, I wrote about the impact of wearing bifocals on the risk of falls. The concept remains that having two different foci of vision that are easily confused while walking would cause a person to fall. What about other causes of dimini... Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/outdoor-medicine/vision-and-falls-in-elders Paul S. Auerbach, MD 2012-09-14T07:00:00Z