#242 Wilderness Medicine: Prepare for Disaster The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Explore the essentials of Wilderness Medicine and prepare yourself for austere environments as we discuss Altitude Sickness, Frostbite, Animal Bites, Thermoregulation, Wound Care and the proper way to apply a tourniquet.

 

Thinking about outdoor escapes and vacations now more than ever? Listen as our esteemed guest Dr. Thomas DeLoughery @Bloodman (Oregon Health & Science University) takes us through the fascinating, and at times chilling, world of Wilderness Medicine. This episode will empower you to explore the great outdoors as safely as possible.  We discuss the breadth of wilderness medicine, multiple unique clinical entities encountered in austere environments, and practical ways to protect yourself and others on your adventures.  This episode is truly wild!

 

Listeners can claim Free CE credit through VCU Health at http://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/ (CME goes live at 0900 ET on the episode’s release date). 

 

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Credits Written, Produced, and Infographic by: Avital O’Glasser MD, FACP, FHM Show Notes: Deborah Gorth ScM and Avital O’Glasser MD, FACP, FHM Cover Art: Kate Grant, MD Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP; Avital O’Glasser MD, FACP, FHM Editor: Matthew Watto MD, FACP (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Thomas DeLoughery MD, MACP, FAWM
 

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00:00 Intro, disclaimer, guest bio 03:45 Guest one-liner, advice and Picks of the Week* 08:10 Sponsor - Provider Solutions and Development https://curbsiders.vcuhealth.org/
09:00 Case of mountaineering; What is Wilderness Medicine?
 12:05 What’s in your first aid kit?
 21:36 Altitude sickness: acute mountain sickness, high altitude cerebral edema and High altitude pulmonary edema
 31:25 Hypothermia   39:36 Frostbite 
 47:25 Hyperthermia: Heat exhaustion and Heat stroke; How much water should you drink?
 51:55 Bat bites and rabies
 58:20 Snake bites
 66:03 Wound care and tourniquets
 75:40 Take Home Points; Outro; Bonus clip Sponsor - VCU Health CE curbsiders.vcuhealth.org   

 

Links* De Gaulle by Julian Jackson  Command and Control by Eric Schlosser
Auerbach's Wilderness Medicine, 2-Volume Set 
Whatever book Paul said he was reading, sounds nerdy (The First Law Trilogy)  Wilderness Medicine Society
Stop The Bleed: Home 
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer National Outdoor Leadership School
Advanced Wilderness Life Support 
Inside the ER at Mt. Everest  Annapurna by Maurice Herzog  K2, The Savage Mountain: The Classic True Story Of Disaster And Survival On The World's Second-Highest Mountain– by Charles Houston and Robert Bates 
 

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