Embracing the wild: Conceptualizing wilderness medicine in Canada;Hors des sentiers battus Conceptualiser la médecine d'aventure au Canada

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Curran Sills, Gwynn ^a   Mcdonald, Neil ^b   Auerbach, Paul S ^c   Crutcher, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Wilderness Medical Associates   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

EID: 84877965131     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Hultzer MV, Xu X, Marrao C, Bristow G, Chochinov A, Giesbrecht GG. Prehospital torso-warming modalities for severe hypothermia: a comparative study using a human model. Can J Emerg Med 2005;7(6):378-86.
2. Giesbrecht GG, Jamieson C, Cahill F. Cooling hyperthermic firefighters by immersing forearms and hands in 10 degrees C and 20 degrees C water. Aviat Space Environ Med 2007;78(6):561-7.
3. Teppema LJ, Balanos GM, Steinback CD, Brown AD, Foster GE, Duff HJ, et al. Effects of acetazolamide on ventilatory, cerebrovascular, and pulmonary vascular responses to hypoxia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007;175(3):277-81. Epub 2006 Nov 9.
4. Haegeli P, Falk M, Brugger H, Etter HJ, Boyd J. Comparison of avalanche survival patterns in Canada and Switzerland. CMAJ 2011;183(7):789-95. Epub 2011 Mar 21.
5. Bowman WD. The development and current status of wilderness prehospital emergency care in the United States. J Wilderness Med 1990;1(2):93-102.
6. Russell MF. Wilderness emergency medical services systems. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2004;22(2):561-73, x-xi.
7. Wilderness Medical Associates Canada [website]. "Frequently Asked Questions" and "Courses." Haliburton, ON: WMA-Canada; 2007. Available from: www.wildmed.ca Accessed 2013 Apr 8.
8. Sholl JM, Curcio EP 3rd. An introduction to wilderness medicine. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2004;22(2):265-79, vii.
9. Morton PM, Marshall JP. Wilderness medicine education for the physician. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2004;22(2):539-59, x.
10. Morton PM, Kummerfeldt P. Wilderness survival. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2004;22(2):475-509, ix-x.
11. Bowman WD. Perspectives on being a wilderness physician: is wilderness medicine more than a special body of knowledge? Wilderness Environ Med 2001;12(3):165-7.
12. Kirby MJL, LeBreton M; Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. Chapter 10, rural health. In: Volume two: current trends and future challenges. The health of Canadians-the federal role. Interim report. Ottawa, ON: Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Parliament of Canada; 2002.
13. Curran-Sills G. Rural medicine goes wild. Can J Rural Med 2011;16(4):139-40.
14. Wild FJ. Epidemiology of mountain search and rescue operations in Banff, Yoho, and Kootenay National Parks, 2003-06. Wilderness Environ Med 2008;19(4):245-51.
15. Lemery J, Tedeschi C, Miner T. Wilderness medicine education in the city: a new paradigm. Wilderness Environ Med 2008;19(3):206-9.
16. Forgey WW. Wilderness Medical Society: practice guidelines for wilderness emergency care. 5th ed. Guilford, CT: Falcon Guides; 2006.
17. Search and Rescue Volunteer Association of Canada [website]. Links. Paradise, NL: SARVAC; 2011. Available from: www.sarvac.ca/Links/tabid/186/ language/en-US/Default.aspx Accessed 2013 Apr 8.
18. Curran-Sills G. Wilderness medicine opportunities in Canada do exist. Can J Emerg Med. In press.