Brief overview. Advice on how to choose a course provider.
Part of a survival web site. Not strictly wilderness medicine, but an adequate orientation for anyone not already trained in emergency medicine. Lists of books for the layman who may have to go it with out a physician.
Overview and introduction to the field of Wilderness Medicine.
Provides current medical information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travelers to high mountainous regions of the world.
Personal website of Christopher Van Tilburg, an emergency physician and an outdoor book author.
Describes daily life at the medical clinic. Provides information on medical conditions affecting high altitude climbers.
Society for physicians, nurses, physician assistants, EMTs and other first responders concerned with the health & safety of individuals in the wilderness.
Consumer health resource center providing information on wilderness aid.
A selection of publications on Wilderness medicine and outdoor first-aid. Ideal for both search and rescue and the avid outdoors person.
Any person interested in search, rescue or survival activities may join as individual members. Courses are available for search & rescue, basic water rescue, and managing the lost person incident.
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