Medical incidents and evacuations on wilderness expeditions

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 298-304

  McIntosh, Scott E ^a   Leemon, Drew ^b   Visitacion, Joshua ^a   Schimelpfenig, Tod ^b   Fosnocht, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Outdoor Leadership School   (United States)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Expedition; Illnesses; Injuries; Risk; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

ANKLE SPRAIN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FRACTURE; HEAT STROKE; HYPOTHERMIA; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE STRAIN; MYALGIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK CLIMBING; ROWING; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; SPORT INJURY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TOOTH DISEASE; TRAVEL;

EID: 37449027188     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-OR-093R1.1     Document Type: Article

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