This week we talked about concussions that happen out in the wilderness. Dr. McHugh discussed this paper: Concussions in the Wilderness He did a great job and has highlighted all the salient facts in this nicely worded discussion. You can read it here if you don’t have time to read Read more…
Dr. Carmelli was kind enough to share a great article with the wilderness medicine division this month on “inflight medical emergencies.” he talked about how often they occurred and what type of gear is packed away on a plane’s emergency kit. The article he reviewed can be found here: Inflight Medicine Read more…
The Wilderness medicine mini-fellowship met again this month and had a great conversation about snake bites in the New York region. It was really interesting to see how many venomous snakes live in our region and how many bites occur from them. Lucky for us, most are dry bites or Read more…
Last week at the Wilderness Medicine Club meeting, we had a great evening discussing fish hook removal over some delicious burgers at Dram Shop on 9th street, followed by some excellent group bonding around a mildly competitive and mostly entertaining game of bocce ball at Union Hall. The paper that Read more…
Everyone had a great time this weekend on our WM trip to New Paltz. After arriving at our rental house on the first day we took a short “hike” where we were not lost at all although I don’t think we were ever on a trail. It was the sound Read more…
I would like to thank Sally for presenting such a good paper on heat stroke this month at the wilderness medicine mini-fellowship meeting. If you would like to read that paper, it can be found here: heat stroke She was also nice enough to put together a summary if you Read more…
Eye injuries can be severe and quite painful. They are even worse when you can not get medical attention due to being in a remote area of the world and may even prove life threatening in such an situation. This month Scott Kendal was kind enough to discuss a very Read more…
A good time was had by all on our fishing trip last night. We went out on Captain Dave’s charter boat out of Sheep’s Head Bay. We caught a few blue fish and a few more Porgie’s. The highlight was watching Dr. Denihy reel in the blue fish that won Read more…
Sally did a great job discussing the latest Wilderness Medicine Society recommendations on pain management in the wilderness setting. The article that she discussed can be found here: WM pain mgt article She was also kind enough to create a summary of this article that can be downloaded from here Read more…
This month Dr. Abram spoke about a new and interesting way to be poisoned by poison Ivy. In Korea, they put pieces of the stems inside a chicken when cooking it to “help make you feel better when sick.” The paper describing such a case can be found here: rhus Read more…