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Wilderness and environmental medicine

Year: 2024
Articles in SafetyLit: 27

A bite by Shaw's short sea snake (Hydrophis curtus): a case of mild myotoxicity or a dry bite?

A comprehensive pathophysiologic, histologic, and biochemical analysis of Buthus paris (C. L. Koch, 1839) venom

Acute hand injury in surfing: a case report

An observational study of patient characteristics and environmental risk factors of stingray envenomations in San Diego, California

Characteristics of fatal accidents due to exogenous causes at ski resorts in Japan over the past 13 years: a retrospective descriptive study

Common peroneal nerve injury caused by a wild boar attack

Crossbow injuries: predictors of mortality

Delaying suspension syndrome onset in aerially suspended victims through leg raising

Envenomation by eyelash viper Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold, 1846) in southwestern Colombia

Epidemiology and severity of medical events for mountain bikers and hikers transported by ambulance in Western Australia, 2015 to 2020

Evaluation of scorpion stings in children

Impacts on human health potentially caused by exposure to an unprecedented Ostreopsis spp bloom in the Bay of Biscay, French Basque Coast

In reply to Dr Mohanty et al. "Time to reconsider analgesia in mass casualty incidents."

In response to a survey of ski patrols in the United States comparing medical direction, patroller training, and patient care by Fell et al. [letter]

Marine envenomation in Okinawa: overview and treatment concept

Morning glory

Musculoskeletal injuries during trail sports: Sex- and age-specific analyses over 20 years from a national injury database

Nationwide aquatic envenomations reported to US Poison Control Centers from 2011 to 2020

Oral ingestion of an iron-containing hand warmer in a pediatric patient

Pilot training program on hands-only CPR and choking first aid for frontline police responders in rural Nepal

Psychosocial training program for lifeguards: a pilot study

START-A (Simple Triage, Rapid Treatment and Analgesia) in mass casualty incidents

Stingray impalement and envenomation: local envenoming causing necrosis and sepsis

Surviving 20 hours of critical avalanche burial and a core temperature of 22.5 °C

The outcome of walking cold patients with potential mild hypothermia to safety-a mountain rescue case series

Training program on choking first aid

Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Frostbite: 2024 update