Wilderness Medicine Magazine

Wilderness Medicine Legends: Tod Schimelpfenig

March 21, 2023
Volume 40, Issue 1
Gates Richards, M.ED, FAWM

Food Forests: Bringing the Wilderness Home May Save Lives

March 16, 2023
Volume 40, Issue 1
Jen Veldhuyzen, MD, SAMFE, FAWM

2023 Winter Conference Recap

March 9, 2023
Volume 40, Issue 1
Jake Bauer, MS1Wesley Goodman-O’Leary, MD, MPHJoseph Mueller, M4

In Terms of Safety: Injury in Bouldering versus Rope Climbing

March 1, 2023
Volume 40, Issue 1
Kristi Tran, MD

Book and Media Reviews: Against the Ice

March 23, 2023
Volume 40, Issue 1

The latest media review covers a Netflix movie about Denmark’s 1909 polar expedition based on Ejnar Mikkelsen’s astounding autobiography

Breaking Wilderness Medicine News

Snorkeling is Riskier Than You Think

Brian Laverentz, DO, PGY-I
February 28, 2023

High rates of snorkel related drowning in Hawaii

Utah Ski Patroller Fatal Ejection from Chairlift

Chelsea McAuslan, MS-III
January 31, 2023

A ski patroller was fatally ejected from a chair lift

Trends in SOS Incidents from Satellite Communication Devices

Jeff Thurman, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, FAWM
December 7, 2022

Increasingly, outdoor recreationalist have turned to carrying satellite communication devices

Featured Articles

The Screaming Barfies: A Non-freezing Cold Injury

Annalise Wille, OMS-IV
February 24, 2023

A type of non-freezing cold injury that occurs when the body is no longer able to maintain heat balance, inducing sympathetically mediated peripheral vasoconstriction

Clouds and Masala Tea: WMS and the Wongchhu Sherpa Memorial Hospital

Jennifer Dow, MD, FACEP, FAWM, DiMM
December 16, 2022

The journey to celebrate a dream

Afghan Evacuation, Austere Medicine, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

CPT Terri Davis, MD, FAWM
September 22, 2022

One doctor's account of assisting evacuees during COVID

Core Columns

BaseCamp Rx

Book & Media Reviews

The Compass: Learner's Corner

CPG Summaries

Dispatches: Humanities

Expedition Medicine

Footprints for Kids

Headwaters: Environmental

In Memoriam

Tactical Wilderness Medicine

Wilderness EMS

Society News