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Wilderness and environmental medicine

Year: 2019
Articles in SafetyLit: 23

Age and sex are strongly correlated to the rate and type of mountain injuries requiring search and rescue missions

Arthropod bites and stings treated in emergency departments: recent trends and correlates

BASE jumping fatalities between 2007 and 2017: main causes of fatal events and recommendations for safety

Catfish bite case report

Cold water immersion syndrome and whitewater recreation fatalities

Cougar (Puma concolor) injury in the United States

Dermatological progression of a probable box jellyfish sting

Emergency airways after Himalayan black bear attacks in Bhutan

Emergency medical training for the commercial fishing industry: an expanded role for wilderness medicine

ERRATUM in Wilderness Environ Med. 30/1. "Observational study of Grand Canyon rim-to-rim day hikers: determining behavior patterns to aid in preventive search and rescue efforts."

Evaluation of rock climbing related injuries in older athletes

Evaluation of scorpion envenomation by Tityus trivittatus in adults: an analysis of variables related to severity of clinical presentation

Friction blister by climbing harness: a case report

High altitude deterioration: a historical essay

Intestinal evisceration in children from the bite of the domestic pig, Sus scrofa domesticus: a report of two cases

Presumed copperhead snakebite and antivenom administration in the third trimester

Risk of burns during active external rewarming for accidental hypothermia

Risk of death and major injury from natural winter hazards in helicopter and snowcat skiing in Canada

The Brazil's Lancehead (Bothops brazili): an uncommon pit viper of the Amazonia

The insignificance of significance in scientific reporting

Using an unmanned aircraft system (drone) to conduct a complex high altitude search and rescue operation: a case study

Wilderness Medical Society clinical practice guidelines for the treatment and prevention of drowning: 2019 update

Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite: 2019 Update