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Wilderness Medicine Boot Camp for Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellows Goes Virtual: From Uncertain Times Comes a Novel Approach to Traditional In-person Teaching [PDF]

Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences, 2021
Wilderness medicine (WM) education is desired in Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship training. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, a virtual wilderness medicine boot camp was created to share a WM experience with learners across the
Jayson Loeffert, Cayce Onks, Shawn Phillips, Arthur Berg, David Rodgers   +4 more
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Twinkle Artifact Observed During POCUS of a Human Myiasis Caused by the Dermatobia hominis Botfly

POCUS Journal, 2023
An 81-year-old man presented to urgent care for assessment of an area of erythema and tenderness on his right thigh after recent travel to Belize.
David Jerome, Matthew Stacey, Joseph Newbigging   +2 more
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Surgical training strategies for physicians practicing in an isolated environment: an example from Antarctica. International survey of 13 countries with active winter stations

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2023
For 60 years, human presence in Antarctica has required particularly demanding medical skills. Nevertheless, the preparation of physicians working in this extreme environment remains unknown and deserves clarification.
Manon Lecordier, Cécile Tissot, Laurent Bonnardot, Martin Hitier   +3 more
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Rescue blankets as multifunctional rescue equipment in alpine and wilderness emergencies: a commentary

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Emergency applications of rescue blankets go far beyond protection from hypothermia. In this review alternative applicabilities of these remarkable multifunctional tools were highlighted. Newly fabricated rescue blankets prove impressive robustness.
Bernd Wallner, Hannah Salchner, Markus Isser, Thomas Schachner, Franz J. Wiedermann, Wolfgang Lederer   +5 more
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Nasal nalbuphine analgesia in prehospital trauma managed by first-responder personnel on ski slopes in Switzerland: an observational cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Pain is one of the major symptoms complained about by patients in the prehospital setting, especially in the case of trauma. When there is mountainous topography, as in Switzerland, there may be a time delay between injury and arrival of ...
Urs Pietsch, Yoël Berger, David Schurter, Lorenz Theiler, Volker Wenzel, Lorenz Meuli, Andreas Grünenfelder, Roland Albrecht   +7 more
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Broadly neutralizing aptamers to SARS-CoV-2: A diverse panel of modified DNA antiviral agents

Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2023
Since its discovery, COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the globe and has had a massive toll on human health, with infection mortality rates as high as 10%, and a crippling impact on the world economy.
Amy D. Gelinas, Tiong Kit Tan, Sai Liu, Javier G. Jaramillo, James Chadwick, Adam C. Harding, Chi Zhang, Brian E. Ream, Chelsea N. Chase, Matthew R. Otis, Thomas Lee, Daniel J. Schneider, William S. James, Nebojsa Janjic   +13 more
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A case series of atraumatic nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhages triggered during exertion at altitude [PDF]

Journal of Neurocritical Care
Background Nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage (NAPH) is a form of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) occurring predominantly in the perimesencephalic region, in the absence of an aneurysm or other source of bleeding on diagnostic ...
Austin T Smith
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Eye Problems on Expeditions – Recommendation of the Medical Commission of the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA)

Health Promotion & Physical Activity, 2020
Visual loss in the wilderness setting is potentially fatal. Firstly it may be a warning sign of a serious systemic problem and secondly the patient may lose their functional independence and ability to respond to objective danger. The issues discussed in
D.S. Morris, J. Potts, S. Mella, D. Depla   +3 more
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Fatalities associated with ski touring and freeriding: A retrospective analysis from 2001 to 2019

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2021
Introduction: Winter sports off the marked slopes are becoming more popular. All sports in uncontrolled and mountainous terrain are combined with risks and claim fatalities every year. This study investigates the circumstances, causes and epidemiological
Martin Gross, Christian Jackowski, Corinna A. Schön   +2 more
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Health challenges in long-distance dog sled racing: A systematic review of literature

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2017
Long-distance dog sled races, e.g. Iditarod (Alaska) and Finnmarksløpet (Northern Norway), are extremely demanding sporting events that might expose mushers, handlers and a large number of organisers and volunteers to risks for their health.
Giovanna Calogiuri, Andi Weydahl
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