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Taking Dive Medicine to New Heights

Tiana Linkus, MS IV
July 23, 2024

An Interview with High Altitude and Ice Diving Specialist, Dan Goldan


The Expedition Doc: Interview with Dr. Santosh Baniya

Mykaila Peters, MSII
July 22, 2024

2024 WMS Conference Student Ambassador, Mykaila Peters interviews one of this Summer Conference’s featured speakers


The Need for Better Training in Wilderness Crisis Intervention

Frank Zuccala, DNP, WP-C, FAWM
July 15, 2024

The continued acquisition of life-saving skills is incumbent upon all who claim to be wilderness medical providers


Forty Years in Mountain Medicine

Derek DeBruin, WEMT
July 9, 2024

An Interview with Hermann Brugger MD


Disseminating Information about Altitude Medical Issues to Providers and the Public

Christine Ebert-Santos, MD
June 21, 2024

Altitude medicine is a niche of knowledge and theory/speculation lacking widespread accessibility


Under Pressure, Part II

George W. Rodway PhD, APRN
June 4, 2024

Some significant happenings in the early history of diving physiology and medicine – technological advances in underwater air delivery


Medicina de Montaña

Andrew Park, MD, DiMM
May 29, 2024

A Wilderness Medicine Fellow’s experience on South America’s tallest peak


Optimizing Hypoxic Conditions for Health and Longevity

Jason Cinti, DO, PGY-2
May 7, 2024

What exactly is known about the role of exercise at altitude in terms of overall health?


Transmucosal Fentanyl No Longer Available for Wilderness Rescue

Aaron R. Billin, MD, MS, FAAFP, MFAWM
May 3, 2024

A consideration of alternative approaches for pain management in the field


We Got Cubed!

Elan Small, MDMartin Musi, MD
April 16, 2024

The Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine held an unforgettable training day at terraXcube


WMS at the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR)

Martin Musi, MD, FAWM, DiMM Alison Sheets MD, FAWM, DiMM
March 5, 2024

The Wilderness Medical Society was voted by 256 delegates to advance its membership status to an organization with voting rights


Sobering Rise of Urban Bicyclist Mortality

Brad L. Bennett, PhD, Paramedic, WEMT, MFAWMTony Islas, MD, MPH, FAWM, FAMSSM
November 16, 2023

Is mountain bike riding a safer alternative?


America’s Most Notorious Pitviper Unmasked

Michael Cardwell, MS
September 29, 2023

Rattlesnake envenomated patients have many different presentations and toxic effects


Wilderness Medicine Research Primer

Geoffrey Comp, DO,FACEP, FAWMWalker Plash, MD, FAWM
September 15, 2023

Tips for the new researcher


WMS 40th Anniversary

Laura Appleton, MBBSLuke Sloan, MS-IV
September 13, 2023

The WMS has meant many things to many different people and has created lasting memories along the way


Desert Disaster: A Canyoneering Accident in the North Wash, UT

Sarah Sarfaty, AEMT, WFR, FAWM Candidate
June 26, 2023

The harrowing story of running into a canyoneering trip gone wrong


Under Pressure, Part I

George W. Rodway, PhD, APRN
June 13, 2023

Some significant happenings in the early history of diving physiology and medicine – incipient underwater efforts


Interview with Fabrice Huré : Ultrarunning, Advocacy, and Dialysis

Marc Cassone, DO, FAWM, DiMM
April 27, 2023

What would you do if one day you were diagnosed with a chronic illness that took over your life and kept you away from the outdoor adventures that you loved so much?


Diversity in Wilderness Medicine, Episode 2: JEDI training


April 24, 2023

A WMS JEDI collaboration


Sweet Trick, Where Does it Hurt?

Jeff Monro, BHSc
April 5, 2023

As MTB goes further into the extremes of the environs, the wilderness practitioner must be aware of the potential injuries and the correlating kinematics leading to those injuries


The Screaming Barfies: A Non-freezing Cold Injury

Annalise Wille, OMS-IV
February 24, 2023

A type of non-freezing cold injury that occurs when the body is no longer able to maintain heat balance, inducing sympathetically mediated peripheral vasoconstriction


Clouds and Masala Tea: WMS and the Wongchhu Sherpa Memorial Hospital

Jennifer Dow, MD, FACEP, FAWM, DiMM
December 16, 2022

The journey to celebrate a dream


Afghan Evacuation, Austere Medicine, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

CPT Terri Davis, MD, FAWM
September 22, 2022

One doctor's account of assisting evacuees during COVID


Norovirus in the Grand Canyon

Thomas Myers MD / Medical Advisor for Grand Canyon National ParkBrad L. Bennett PhD, Paramedic, MFAWM, USUHS
August 5, 2022

Transmission, prevention, and treatment in the backcountry


Canoeing with Tornadoes

Lynn E Yonge, MD, FAAFP, FAWMWalker Plash, MD, FAWM
July 29, 2022

Danger from the sky during canoeing expedition


Thermodynamics of oral hypothermia treatment

Aaron R. Billin, MD, MS, FAAFP, MFAWM
June 1, 2022

Thermodynamics of the oral treatment of mild hypothermia


My Gear is Disrupting Your Endocrine System

Nate Hemmer, MD
May 23, 2022

Making informed choices for world and health


Ukraine Conflict

Yevgeniy Maksimenko, MD, FAWM, DiMMFlorian Schmitzberger, MD, MS, FAWM
May 4, 2022

Situational update on the conflict in Ukraine for WMS members


Short-Term Experiences in Global Health (STEGH)

Betsy Woods, MSN, RN, CPENJustin Woods, MD, FAWM
April 27, 2022

Ethical and cultural considerations for improving STEGHs


Risk of Death in the National Parks

Brad L. Bennett, PhD, Paramedic, MFAWM, FACSM Captain, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy (Retired)Thomas Myers, MD
March 24, 2022

Beware of the facts!