Wilderness EMS
This column covers the systematic and preplanned delivery of wilderness medicine by formal health care clinicians and by SAR personnel operating on wilderness response teams.
Column Editor: Seth C. Hawkins, MD, MFAWM
Seth C. Hawkins, MD, MFAWM, DiMM December 12, 2025
Spinal care is evolving. Decades of routine immobilization lack evidence and may cause harm. New research and WMS guidance shift the focus to spinal cord protection, selective movement strategies, and prioritizing perfusion over rigid collars.
Justin “Padj” Padgett, M.S., Paramedic, WEMTSeth Collings Hawkins May 15, 2025
Let’s move beyond a narrow understanding of skin color signs to be more holistic in our approach and use science and an understanding of human diversity as our guide.
Seth C. Hawkins, MD, MFAWM, DiMM March 23, 2024
One can easily see how triage color categories, despite being commonplace in medicine, could be misunderstood in common dialogue
Seth C. Hawkins, MD, NREMTTyler Prince, MD March 31, 2022
Explore the consensus definitions of wilderness medicine and wilderness EMS.
Frank Zuccala, RN, WEMT, FAWM November 10, 2021
Part II: Survival Fundamentals
Frank Zuccala, RN, WEMT, FAWM August 6, 2021
Part I: Survival Mentality
W Tyler Prince, MD, NRPSeth Collings Hawkins June 24, 2021
Part II: Critical Situations
February 26, 2021
Images with Valuable Information for Better Diagnosis
W. Tyler Prince, M4, NR–PSeth C. Hawkins, MD, MFAWM July 10, 2019
Where Street Medicine Meets the Road Less Traveled
Stephen Hobson, MSIV, FAWM, DiMMAbigail Wehner, MSIV October 27, 2018
Outdoor Alternatives to Hospital Precautions