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Wilderness emergency medicine, providing "vital emergency care in remote settings" [1] is a rapidly evolving field is of increasing importance as more people engage in hiking, climbing, kayaking and other potentially hazardous activities in the backcountry. [2]A primary focus of the field is the evaluation, prioritization (triage), preliminary treatment of acute injury an illness which occurs in those environments and the emergency evacuation of victims. However, back country rescue and wilderness first aid is not the sole activity of wilderness medical professionals, who are also concerned with many additional topics. These include but are not limited to:
- secondary care follow up to first aid in remote settings, such as expeditions
- evaluation of experience and issuance of updated protocols for first response and secondary care
- the prevention of wilderness medical emergencies,
- epidemiological studies,
- public policy advisement to wilderness planning agencies, issuance of guidelines to disaster planning agencies, [3]professional guides and amateur back country enthusiast organizations.[4]
Epidemiology
The Center for Disease Control in the US, as its corresponding agencies in other nations [citation needed], also monitor pathogen vectors in conjunction with local departments of health, such as Lyme disease, plague and typhus which may be carried by small mammals in a back country or wilderness context. [5]
See also
References
- ^ ref name= Weiss|A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicine Book|Eric A. Weiss
- ^ "http://emed.stanford.edu/fellowships/wilderness.html%7Cbare url|Wilderness Medicine is a rapidly evolving field that is increasingly important as large numbers of people are involved in outdoor activities for adventure, science, recreation, exploration, industry, combat, and disaster relief"
- ^ "Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy" - Max Mayfield, Director National Hurricane Center|Cited by Weiss
- ^ Weiss
- ^ http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/media/pdf/EID_7-09_Sylvatic_Typhus.pdf
