December 2019 - Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Live

Wilderness Medicine Podcast

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: [e-mail] 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