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Modification of Glasgow Coma Scale for Injured Elders
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is a score that is used to assess mental status, particularly in the evaluation of injured persons. It is frequently used to determine if a patient should be transported to a trauma center.
Feb 13, 2012
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Caring for Patients
There will be times in the outdoors when you’re called upon to become a caregiver. The technical issues aside, there is an art form to taking care of patients. Recall how you feel when you are ill. You may be frightened, needy, weak, vulnerable, c...
Feb 9, 2012
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Binge Drinking is Dangerous
In terms of drug abuse, both indoors and outdoors, alcohol leads the list. It is the most easily obtained drug, legal, socially acceptable, and marketed heavily to the same demographic most likely to show poor judgment in its use—namely, teenagers...
Feb 6, 2012
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Cycling Safety
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition distributed a handout with the headline “Be visible, predictable, alert and safe” to inform participants about techniques for cycling safety. The following are tips adapted from that document that are worthwhil...
Jan 30, 2012
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Thank You to Val Jones and USA Today for Grand Rounds
As many of you know, Grand Rounds is a weekly online compilation of some of the best medical posts and commentary found on the Internet. This past week, Val Jones, M.D. worked with USA Today in their HealthyPerspective feature (http://yourlife.usa...
Jan 26, 2012
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Lightning Safety Awareness
In an article entitled “Lightning Safety Awareness of Visitors in Three California National Parks” by Lori Weichenthal et al, the authors set out to assess the level of lightning safety awareness among visitors at three national parks in the Sierr...
Jan 23, 2012
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Snowboarding and Wrist Injuries
In an article entitled “Snowboarding Injuries in Australia: Investigating Risk Factors in Wrist Fractures to Enhance Injury Prevention Strategies” by Tracey Dickson and Anne Terwiel, the authors set out to investigate risk factors associated with ...
Jan 17, 2012
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Backcountry Nutrition: How Much Food Should You Carry on a Backpacking Trip?
This is another post derived from a presentation given at the 2011 Annual Summer Meeting of the Wilderness Medical Society. Liz Edelstein, MD gave an excellent presentation on nutrition in the backcountry. This is an “underserved” topic, in that ...
Jan 9, 2012
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Wilderness Medicine 6th Edition
edition of the textbook Wilderness Medicine, for which I serve as Editor, is now available. The book is the culmination of more than three years’ work, and the publisher (Elsevier) has done a terrific job with the layout. The book contains 114 cha...
Jan 3, 2012
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Submersion Injury: Prevention is Key
This is another post derived from a presentation given at the 2011 Annual Summer Meeting of the Wilderness Medical Society. Tracy Cushing, MD, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine gave an excellent presentation on submersion injury—i.e...
Dec 22, 2011
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