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Dr. Paul Auerbach is the world's leading outdoor health expert. His blog offers tips on outdoor safety and advice on how to handle wilderness emergencies.
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Feb 11 2013
Topical Ivermectin Lotion for 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...
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Feb 04 2013
Public Health Interventions and 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...
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Jan 28 2013
Physician 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...
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Jan 21 2013
Computer Modeling and the Risk of 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...
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Jan 14 2013
Death From a 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...
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