Management of Altitude Illnesses
Management of Altitude Illnesses Ken Zafren INTRODUCTION Acute high altitude illnesses range from acute mountain sickness (AMS), which is merely unpleasant, to high altitude cerebral edema (HACE) and high altitude…
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Management of Heat Illnesses
Management of Heat Illnesses Tod Schimelpfenig Gates Richards Jr Shana Tarter INTRODUCTION The wilderness emergency medical services (WEMS) provider will assess and treat overt heat illness, as well as underlying…
Management of Cold Injuries
Management of Cold Injuries Linda Laskowski-Jones Lawrence J. Jones INTRODUCTION TO COLD INJURIES Wilderness emergency medical services (WEMS) providers are exposed to a wide range of weather and environmental conditions….
Wilderness Survival, Survival Psychology and Lost Person Behavior
Wilderness Survival, Survival Psychology and Lost Person Behavior Darryl J. Macias Peter J. Leblanc Aaron Reilly INTRODUCTION It is important to understand what the psyche undergoes during a survival situation,…
Wilderness EMS Pharmacology
Wilderness EMS Pharmacology Nancy Pietroski PHARMACOLOGY BASICS FOR WILDERNESS EMS One of the hallmarks of EMS (the formal delivery of health care in the field) versus ad hoc first aid…
Psychological First Aid and Stress Injuries
Psychological First Aid and Stress Injuries Laura McGladrey INTRODUCTION Few responders travel through their careers without being deeply affected by a stressful event or experiencing the cumulative effects of responding…
Wilderness Event Medicine
Wilderness Event Medicine Linda Laskowski-Jones Michael J. Caudell Richard B. Bounds Chelsea A. Dymond Seth C. Hawkins Lawrence J. Jones Jennifer M. Starling David S. Young INTRODUCTION Wilderness event medicine…
Wilderness EMS Equipment
Wilderness EMS Equipment Carl Weil INTRODUCTION Once we leave home and maintained roads, we are probably entering wilderness or “out of doors.” We are now hours or days or even…
Wilderness EMS Research
Wilderness EMS Research Ian E. Blanchard Tyler Williamson INTRODUCTION This chapter discusses research and evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the context of wilderness emergency medical services (WEMS). It addresses many questions,…
The Interface Between Wilderness EMS, Professional Organizations & Guides, and Other EMS Agencies
The Interface Between Wilderness EMS, Professional Organizations & Guides, and Other EMS Agencies J. Matthew Sholl Douglas C. George INTRODUCTION The British Medical Association defines a patient “handover” (or “handoff”)…
