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Wilderness and environmental medicine

Year: 2021
Articles in SafetyLit: 30

A case of splenic injury caused by a blow from a dolphin's tail fin

A shocking experience

A tropical kiss by a malabar pit viper

Acute bilateral fixed mydriasis caused by lupini bean intoxication

Cardiac arrest by aconite poisoning

Epidemiology of Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus) snakebites in the Great Lakes States, 1800-2015

Epidemiology of ice climbing injuries among recreational ice climbers at the 2019 Ouray Ice Climbing Festival

Evaluation of environmental conditions on self-selected work and heat stress in wildland firefighting

Expected and unexpected risks for canoe travel in flood conditions

Finger flexor pulley injuries in rock climbers

Human-factor risk mitigation in outdoor climbing areas: survey of existing policies in regulated climbing areas

Indoor bouldering-a prospective injury evaluation

Kounis syndrome following Hypnale zara (hump-nosed pit viper) bite in Sri Lanka

Life-threatening panfacial wild dog bites in a child

Marine penetrating injury to the shoulder of uncertain origin

No change in the use of antivenom in copperhead snakebites in Ohio

Occupational fatalities due to mammal-related accidents in Japan, 2000-2019

Possible indirect adverse effects to the eyes in skiers wearing helmets

Prehospital cross-sectional study of drowning patients across the United States

Search and rescue in the Pacific West states

Should airbag backpacks be standard avalanche safety equipment?

Skin necrosis, diffuse urticaria, and cellulitis due to presumed Loxosceles spider bite

Snakebites reported to the Kentucky Regional Poison Control Centers for the years 2012-2016

Survey of musculoskeletal injuries, prehike conditioning, and on-trail injury prevention strategies self-reported by long-distance hikers on the Appalachian Trail

The impact of extreme heat events on emergency departments in Canadian hospitals

Toxic brain edema and brain death after scorpion envenomation

Traumatic neck injury: an accidental impalement by a needlefish

Tree stand-related injuries in nonadmitted and admitted patients at a level 2 trauma center in Michigan: 2015-2019

Utilizing drones to restore and maintain radio communication during search and rescue operations

Visual hallucinations after a Russell's viper bite