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Broadly neutralizing aptamers to SARS-CoV-2: A diverse panel of modified DNA antiviral agents

open access: yesMolecular 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   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nasal nalbuphine analgesia in prehospital trauma managed by first-responder personnel on ski slopes in Switzerland: an observational cohort study

open access: yesScandinavian 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eye Problems on Expeditions – Recommendation of the Medical Commission of the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA)

open access: yesHealth 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A case series of atraumatic nonaneurysmal perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhages triggered during exertion at altitude [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Fatalities associated with ski touring and freeriding: A retrospective analysis from 2001 to 2019

open access: yesForensic 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health challenges in long-distance dog sled racing: A systematic review of literature

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +1 more source

Wilderness Medicine Education

open access: yesAdvances in Archaeological Practice, 2021
AbstractWilderness medicine classes are widely available to archaeologists and field scientists, but because wilderness medicine is an unregulated field, knowing what the various courses and products mean can be difficult. Based on the education chapter in the recently published textbook Wilderness EMS, this article—written by same two authors as the ...
Seth C. Hawkins, Corey Winstead
openaire   +1 more source

Session texts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Welcome to this, the beginning of the year programme. Glad you found us! I think we may be in for even more rain over the weekend. Over the programme we will study seven main stories and their relationship to initiatory rites-of-passage.
Shaw, Martin
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Rescate y medicina en lugares agrestes: el ejemplo estadounidense

open access: yesRevista Médica Clínica Las Condes, 2011
Los rescates en lugares remotos y la medicina agreste son áreas que se encuentran en desarrollo desde fines de la década de los sesenta en Estados Unidos.
M.D. Gregory Stiller   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The peacebuilding potential of healthcare training programs. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Global health professionals regularly conduct healthcare trainings, such as first aid courses, in disadvantaged communities across the world. Many of these communities lack healthcare infrastructure because of war and political conflict. The authors draw
Katona, Lindsay B, Ratner, Kyle G
core   +1 more source

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