Volume 27, Number 2 - Wilderness Medical Society
Volume 27, Number 2 - Wilderness Medical Society
Volume 27, Number 2 - Wilderness Medical Society
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EditorIAL STAFF<br />
SPRING 2010 INSIDE<br />
<strong>Wilderness</strong> Medicine<br />
A quarterly magazine published by the<br />
<strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Christopher Van Tilburg MD, FAWM, Editor<br />
Jonna Barry Managing Editor<br />
Larry E. Johnson MD, PhD, Assistant Editor<br />
Seth C. Hawkins MD, FAWM, Senior Editor<br />
Debra Stoner MD, FAWM, Associate Editor<br />
George Rodway PhD, CRNP, Publications<br />
Committee Chair<br />
Contributing Editors<br />
Nancy Pietroski PharmD<br />
Sam Schimelpfenig MD<br />
Research Editors<br />
Tracy Cushing MD<br />
Matt Hamonko MD<br />
Marion McDevitt MD<br />
Editors Emeritus<br />
Edward Geehr MD, 1984-1986<br />
Howard Backer MD, 1986-1991<br />
Eric A. Weiss MD, 1991-1994<br />
Karl Neumann MD, 1994-2002<br />
WMS Editorial Office & Advertising Sales<br />
Jonna Barry<br />
1505 N Royer St<br />
Colorado Springs, CO 80907<br />
Tel: (719) 330-7523<br />
Fax: (801) 705-1483<br />
Email submissions to editor@wms.org<br />
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<strong>Wilderness</strong> Medicine (ISSN 1073-502X) is<br />
published quarterly in January, April, July, and<br />
October by the <strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, 2150<br />
South 1300 East, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah.<br />
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Submit request to reprint <strong>Wilderness</strong> Medicine in<br />
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©2009 <strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. All rights<br />
reserved. Printed on FSC-certified paper.<br />
<strong>Wilderness</strong> Matters........................................................................................... 4<br />
Colin Grissom MD, FAWM<br />
Dispatches from Haiti....................................................................................... 5<br />
Paul S. Auerbach MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM<br />
Off the Beaten Path: Surgical Mission with MSF in the Congo......... 12<br />
Michael Hauty, MD, FACS<br />
Why <strong>Wilderness</strong> Medicine?............................................................................ 16<br />
Rob Hart RN, FAWM<br />
Nosebleeds in the Backcountry................................................................. 18<br />
Sam Schimelpfenig, MD, FAAP<br />
Mount Hood SAR Operations....................................................................... 19<br />
Christopher Van Tilburg MD, FAWM<br />
Great Gear for Work and Play: Urbaneering with cyclocross....... 20<br />
Christopher Van Tilburg MD, FAWM<br />
What’s in Your Pack?....................................................................................... 21<br />
Greg Natsch MD<br />
Advanced <strong>Wilderness</strong> Life Support New Zealand-Style....................... 22<br />
Martin Watts MB ChB, FACEM<br />
Book Reviews..................................................................................................... 24<br />
<strong>Society</strong> Matters................................................................................................ 25<br />
News and Announcements<br />
Members in the News<br />
2010 Student Elective Update<br />
Tom Kessler MD and Scott Newton<br />
Cliff Notes......................................................................................................... 29<br />
Cathy Chamberlin<br />
2010 WMS Recognition Awards.................................................................... 29<br />
Conference Calendar.................................................................................... 31<br />
On the cover: Dr. Paul S. Auerbach carries a Haitian boy on his shoulders to a surgery clinic,<br />
where one of the boy’s fingers will be amputated. Photo courtesy of Chuck Liddy/The News &<br />
Observer ©2010.<br />
NOTE: Claims for copies lost in the mail must be received within 90 days (180 days foreign) of the<br />
issue date to ensure replacement at no charge.<br />
©2010 <strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. All rights reserved. Printed on FSC-certified paper.<br />
The goals of <strong>Wilderness</strong> Medicine magazine are to:<br />
1. Provide timely information regarding WMS news and activities.<br />
2. Provide a forum for exchange of ideas and knowledge regarding wilderness, environmental, and<br />
travel medicine.<br />
3. Disseminate wilderness medicine information to the wilderness, outdoor, and travel community.<br />
The <strong>Wilderness</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Society</strong> makes no representations<br />
regarding the legal or medical information provided by the<br />
individual authors in <strong>Wilderness</strong> Medicine magazine.<br />
WILDERNESS MEDICINE // Spring 2010<br />
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