In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. C Cheyenne Falat and Stephanie Lareau bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Environmental and Wilderness Medicine. Emergency medicine physicians must be equipped with the knowledge to effectively care for patients who push the limits of this world and are exposed to the extremes of temperature, altitude, terrain, physical activity, flora and fauna—and even outer space. This issue addresses each of these topics with guidance from top experts in the field.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Heat-Related Illnesses - p. 485 10. Environmental Hypothermia - p. 493 11. Cold Injury - p. 513 12. Altitude-Related Illness - p. 527 13. Drowning - p. 541 14. Underwater and Scuba Diving Accidents - p. 551 15. Desert Medicine - p. 565 16. Endurance Sporting Events - p. 581 17. Tick-Borne Illnesses in Emergency and Wilderness Medicine - p. 597 18. Plant Dermatitis - p. 613 19. Animal Bites and Attacks - p. 639 20. Clinical Management of North American Snake and Marine Envenomations - p. 653 21. Lightning Strike Injuries - p. 667 22. Climate Change - p. 679 23. Spaceflight Environment - p. 695
In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. C Cheyenne Falat and Stephanie Lareau bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Environmental and Wilderness Medicine. Emergency medicine physicians must be equipped with the knowledge to effectively care for patients who push the limits of this world and are exposed to the extremes of temperature, altitude, terrain, physical activity, flora and fauna—and even outer space. This issue addresses each of these topics with guidance from top experts in the field.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xi 7. Foreword - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Heat-Related Illnesses - p. 485 10. Environmental Hypothermia - p. 493 11. Cold Injury - p. 513 12. Altitude-Related Illness - p. 527 13. Drowning - p. 541 14. Underwater and Scuba Diving Accidents - p. 551 15. Desert Medicine - p. 565 16. Endurance Sporting Events - p. 581 17. Tick-Borne Illnesses in Emergency and Wilderness Medicine - p. 597 18. Plant Dermatitis - p. 613 19. Animal Bites and Attacks - p. 639 20. Clinical Management of North American Snake and Marine Envenomations - p. 653 21. Lightning Strike Injuries - p. 667 22. Climate Change - p. 679 23. Spaceflight Environment - p. 695
