December 2019 - Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Live
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: Climate Change and Human Health
Darryl summarizes a recent session from the ACEP meeting.
Part 2: Improvised Medicine Lab
Darryl and his current wilderness medicine fellow, Risa Garcia, discuss takeaways from a recent improvised medicine lab, including improvised BVMs from a bike pump and IV coconuts. BONUS! Suturing video available here: https://youtu.be/3U9TmnBfj1I
Part 3: Frostbite Guidelines: Author Interview
Darryl sits down with Scott McIntosh to discuss the 2019 update of the WMS clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of frostbite.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2019.05.002
Part 4: Article Review
Title: Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Water Disinfection for Wilderness, International Travel, and Austere Situations
Authors: Howard D. Backer, Robert W. Derlet, Vincent R. Hill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2019.06.006
CME Available: https://www.wms.org/members
Presenter: Darryl Macias
Reviewer: Darryl Macias
