There have been a number of lay press articles and comments bouncing around the internet about the recent study speaking to gasping breathing  and CPR.

Outdoor recreation is the fastest growing category of recreation in the U.S., and perhaps worldwide. In addition to hiking, trekking, backbacking, camping, fishing, hunting, skiing,

Earlier this year, I published a series of three posts based upon a commentary I wrote, entitled “Physicians and the Environment,” that was published in

This is the seventh post based upon educational sessions and syllabus material presented at the Wilderness Medical Society Annual Meeting & 25th Anniversary held in

If you teach wilderness medicine you get used to questions about sildenafil (Viagra) and altitude illness.   While there are many drugs considered as prevention or

Oral rehydration can be a lifesaving therapy for persons, particularly children, suffering from dehydration. The most common cause of dehydration in children is infectious diarrhea.

I was recently asked what to do if you can’t make it back to the trailhead in one day with frozen toes and have to