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…
Ocular Injuries in the Great Outdoors
Author: Mark Silverberg
Night Fishing Trip
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…
Pain Management in the Wilderness
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…
Rhus Chicken Toxicity
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…
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a real, not so rare occurrence seen in Emergency Departments predominately in the southern USA. It occurs after humans eat apex predators of the ocean like barracuda and grouper. If this looks tasty to you,…
Baby Its Cold Out There: Hypothermia
At the last wilderness Medicine Meeting we discussed a great NEJM paper on Accidental Hypothermia. That paper can be found from this link: nejm hypothermia In light of the horribly cold weather that we have been experiencing this month, this…
Epi-Pen Poppers
The Wilderness Medicine group met for the second time this month and had a great time playing with sharp objects. We reviewed this paper: Epi_Pen Paper This paper teaches you how to safely open an Epi-Pen to get up to…
Rectal Resuscitation
We have had some cutting edge articles in the past but none have been so stimulating as the one that was presented by Nathan Reisman this month. If you are out in the wilderness and you come across a person…