Wilderness Medicine

Dr. Paul S. Auerbach, FACEP, FAWM, is the Redlich Family Professor of Surgery in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the world's leading expert on wilderness medicine and a prolific author. He is the Editor of Wilderness Medicine, and author of Medicine for the Outdoors and Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine. Dr. Auerbach holds his MD from Duke and completed his internship at Dartmouth and residency at UCLA. He is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He has been recognized as a Hero of Emergency Medicine by the American College of Emergency Physicians and received the New Orleans Grand Isle Award for Science from the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, the Founders Award from the Wilderness Medical Society, and the Outstanding Contribution in Education Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians, among others. Dr. Auerbach has served as a volunteer physician in Haiti, Nepal, and Guatemala.

MOUNTAIN MEDICINE 1.High Altitude Medicine 2.Avalanches 3.Lightning Injuries COLD AND HEAT 4.Thermoregulation 5.Accidental Hypothermia 6.Immersion in Cold Water 7.Nonfreezing Cold-Induced Injuries 8.Frostbite 9.Polar Medicine 10.Pathophysiology of Heat-Related Illnesses 11.Clinical Management of Heat-Related Illnesses BURNS, FIRE AND RADIATION 12. Wildland Fires: Dangers and Survival 13.Emergency Care of the Burned Victim 14.Exposure to Radiation from the Sun 15.Volcanic Eruptions INJURIES AND MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS 16.Injury Prevention 17.Principles of Pain Management 18.Bandaging and Taping 19.Emergency Airway Management 20.Wilderness Trauma, Surgical Emergencies, and Wound Management 21.Improvisation in the Wilderness 22.Hunting and Other Weapons Injuries 23.Tactical Medicine and Combat Casualty Care 24.Wilderness Orthopaedics 25.The Eye in the Wilderness 26.Wilderness Dentistry and Management of Facial Injuries 27.Wilderness Cardiology 28.Wilderness Neurology 29.Chronic Diseases and Wilderness Activities 30.Mental Health in the Wilderness RESCUE AND SURVIVAL 31.Wilderness Emergency Medical Services and Response Systems 32.Search and Rescue 33.Technical Rescue in the Wilderness Environment 34.Litters and Carries 35.Aeromedical Transport 36.Essential of Wilderness Survival 37.Jungle Travel and Survival 38.Desert Travel and Survival 39.Whitewater Medicine and Rescue 40.Caving and Cave Rescue ANIMALS, INSECTS, AND ZOONOSES 41.Protection from Blood-Feeding Arthropods 42.Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases 43.Malaria 44.Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism 45.Tick-Borne Diseases 46.Spider Bites 47.Scorpion Envenomation 48.Bites by Venomous Reptiles in the Americas 49.Bites by Venomous Snakes outside the Americas 50.Antivenoms and Immunobiologicals: Immunotherapeutics of Envenomation 51.Bites and Injuries Inflicted by Wild and Domestic Animals 52.Bear Behavior and Attacks 53.Wilderness-Acquired Zoonoses 54.Rabies 55.Emergency Veterinary Medicine PLANTS 56.Seasonal and Acute Allergic Reactions 57.Plant-Induced Dermatitis 58.Toxic Plant Ingestions 59.Toxic Mushroom Ingestions 60.Ethnobotany: Plant-Derived Medical Therapy FOOD AND WATER 61. Field Water Disinfection 62.Infectious Diarrhea from Wilderness and Foreign Travel 63.Nutrition, Malnutrition, and Starvation 64.Dehydration, Rehydration, and Hyperhydration 65. Living off the Land 66.Seafood Toxidromes 67. Seafood Allergies MARINE MEDICINE 68.Submersion Incidents 69.Emergency Oxygen Administration 70.Diving Medicine 71.Hyperbaric Medicine 72.Injuries from Nonvenomous Aquatic Animals 73.Envenomation by Aquatic Invertebrates 74.Envenomation by Aquatic Vertebrates 75.Aquatic Skin Disorders 76.Safety and Survival at Sea TRAVEL, ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, AND DISASTERS 77.Travel Medicine 78.Non-North American Travel and Exotic Diseases 79.Natural Disaster Management 80.Natural and Human-Made Hazards: Disaster Risk Management Issues EQUIPMENT AND SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE 81.Wilderness Preparation, Equipment and Medical Supplies 82.Outdoor Clothing for Wilderness Professionals 83.Nonmedical Backcountry Equipment for Wilderness Professionals 84.Ropes and Knot Tying 85.Wilderness Navigation Techniques SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS 86.Exercise, Conditioning, and Performance 87.Children in the Wilderness 88.Women in the Wilderness 89.Elders in the Wilderness 90.Persons with Special Needs and Disabilities 91. Wilderness and Endurance Events 92.Wilderness Medicine Education 93.Medical Liability and Wilderness Emergencies 94.The Ethics of Wilderness Medicine THE WILDERNESS 95.The Changing Environment 96.Wilderness Management and Preservation 97.Aerospace Medicine Appendix: Drug Storage and Stability Index