WMS and Wilderness Medicine News
Injury and Illness in College Outdoor Education
Flavio G. Gaudio, MD; Peter W. Greenwald, MD; Mark Holton, PhDPublished in the journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Read article.
Watch out for that boom!
With the America's Cup destination decided, a study by WMS Member Andrew Nathanson identifying sailing injuries is timely...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Just as the site for the 2013 America's Cup has been announced, a study from Rhode Island Hospital highlights that the sport isn't always smooth sailing. The study was published recently in the journal Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Read more.
Wilderness Medical Society Consensus Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Acute Altitude Illness, published in WEM Vol. 21, No. 2, by Andrew M. Luks, Scott E. McIntosh, Colin K. Grissom, Paul S. Auerbach, George W. Rodway, Robert B. Schoene, Ken Zafren, Peter H. Hackett, was picked up by washingtonpost.com.
Read the health column here.
"Recapture Your Wild Side" by reading WMS member Dr. Clayton Everline's article in Men's Health magazine. Dr. Everline is a Sports Medicine Physician and Team Physician, who specializes in board sports:
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2010/06/01/bjsm.2009.065466.full
WMS Members Respond to Haiti
In coordination with launching our new WMS Humanitarian Relief Fund this summer in Snowmass and accompanying a presentation led by Dr. Paul Auerbach, we will be sharing member's recent experiences in Haiti. View some of the stories that have been submitted by our Members.
If you are a WMS Member and can share your experience with us, please send your story with a few related photos!
Old-Age Adventurers, New York Times, January 8, 2010