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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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MedWAR: Medical Wilderness Adventure Race
This is another post derived from a presentation given at the 2011 Annual Summer Meeting of the Wilderness Medical Society. Michael Caudell MD from the Medical College of Georgia gave an excellent talk entitled “Scenario-Based Learning in the Wi...
Dec 19, 2011
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Search and Rescue Overview
This is another post derived from a presentation given at the 2011 Annual Summer Meeting of the Wilderness Medical Society. Aaron Billin delivered an excellent lecture on search and rescue.
Dec 15, 2011
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Tactical Combat Casualty Care
The 2011 Annual Summer Meeting of the Wilderness Medical Society that was held in Snowmass, Colorado was excellent and provided terrific education for all in attendance. In a series of posts, I’ll highlight some of what we learned.
Dec 12, 2011
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