March 2019 - Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Live Wilderness Medicine Podcast

WEML#13 Show Notes
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine journal online: www.wemjournal.org

Questions/comments/feedback and/or interest in participating in WEM Live? Send an email to: wemlive@wms.org

Part 1: Article Review
Title: Efficacy of Head and Torso Rewarming Using a Human Model for Severe Hypothermia
Authors: Kartik Kulkarni, Erik Hildahl, Ramesh Dutta, Sandra C. Webber, Steven Passmore, Gerren K McDonald, Gordon G. Giesbrecht
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2018.11.005
CME Available: wms.org/members
Presenter: Darryl Macias, MD

Part 2: Exploring wilderness EMS education—what wilderness first aid, wilderness first responder, and wilderness EMT trainings are really about. We then discuss a new “wilderness alpine first responder (WAFR),” just taught in the Everest region.

Part 3: We catch up with mountaineer Conrad Anker to discuss his upcoming projects.