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Fish Hook Removal
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...
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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...
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Inflight Medical Emergencies
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...
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Concussion Management in the Wilderness
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...
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Avalanche!
This month we discussed a great review on the resuscitation of avalanche victims given by Dr. Rolston-Cregler. If you want to read that paper in its entirety, please click this link: AVALANCHE RESUS...
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Brown Recluse Spider Bites
This month in the wilderness medicine group meeting we spoke about using therapeutic plasma exchange to treat refractory systemic loxoscelism after a brown recluse spider envenomation. The paper that...
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Jellyfish Envenomations
This month in the WM meeting, we spoke about jellyfish envenomations. The paper we discussed can be found here: Jellyfish Paper This was a great paper that covered a lot of information about the...
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Pulmonary Edema Occurring at Altitude Following Exercise
This month we were lucky enough to have Dr. Bryan Jarrett present an interesting paper on exercise induced pulmonary edema occurring at high altitude monitored by ultrasound. If you would like to...
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Snow Blindness
This month Monalisa talked about 2 great articles on snow blindness. Both of those articles can be downloaded here: Snowblindness in Antartica Snowblindness She did a great job going through them and...
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Common Illness and Wilderness Medicine
This week Dr. Bogoch discussed a nice review article that talked about how common illnesses can be exacerbated by going out into the wilderness. These diseases could by fueled by climbing up or...
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Pitviper Envenomations
This month we had a great meeting where Dr. Janairo reviewed the Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the treatment of Pitviper Envenomations in the United States. This was a great...
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Insect Repellents
This week we had a great wilderness meeting during which Dr. Hinds talked about insect repellents. This is a really important topic if you are going to visit one of the regions of the world where...
View ArticleShoulder Dislocations in Austere Environments – A Novel Approach
This month’s meeting of our Wilderness Medicine group discussed acute shoulder dislocations in the austere environment. Before we begin, let’s consider the following questions: Can the diagnosis of...
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tPA for Frostbite
Dr. Ben Kaufman did a great job this month presenting this paper that talks about the most recent trends for the treatment of frostbite. That paper can be downloaded here: Frostbite tPA Dr. Kaufman...
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Stonefish Antivenom for Scorpionfish Envenomation
Keeping with tradition, I chose a paper to talk about for our first Wilderness Medicine meeting of the new academic year. I chose this paper which addressed the use of stonefish antivenom to...
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Zeccola’s Zoo-o-Gnosis: Lyme Disease – Part 1
While we may be trapped in our concrete jungle here in Brooklyn, many of us and some of our patients do occasionally get outside. In the Northeast in particular, this means a high risk of getting a...
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Zeccola’s Zoo-o-Gnosis: Lyme Disease – Part 2
And now for the much anticipated conclusion of last week’s thriller (Zeccola’s Zoo-o-Gnosis: Lyme Disease Part 1). Last week we talked about what exactly is Lyme disease and how it can present a lot...
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