Wilderness medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and has benefitted from expanded research efforts. As new research emerges, some guidelines have been updated to reflect the most current and sound scientific conclusions, this blog by Arghavan Omidi, Dylan Kain, Farah Jazuli, Milca Meconnen, Andrea K. Boggild looks at some of these updates.
Wilderness medicine is a rapidly evolving field, and has benefitted from expanded research efforts. Within the last decade, the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) has aggregated research findings and created guidelines on prevention measures and therapeutic options for acute altitude illness, frostbite injuries, heat-related illness, and avalanche and non-avalanche snow burials. As new research…
