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April 27, 2021
In the age of COVID-19, medical education has drastically increased the use of online lectures, conferences, and meetings. I realized this new virtual format would be well suited for a monthly journal...
Will our generation of medical students be the most introverted yet? Every Monday morning since medical school started in the fall, I sit down at my desk and settle in for a day of Zoom lectures.
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, schools from elementary to doctorate have shifted standard in-person education to a virtual platform in an effort to maintain social distancing, ultimately limiting th...
October 3, 2020
If you’ve heard about the devastating pandemic hitting our country this year, then you’re also familiar with the uncovering of racial tensions related to police brutality and systemic oppression.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine Wilderness Medicine Interest Group (WMIG) took 13 students on a whitewater rafting trip down the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers, where they were...
Featuring Aubri Charnigo, MD and Brian Strickland, MD
The EMRA Wilderness Committee are happy to present a brand-new event, the Wilderness Olympics, that will take place at Unconventional ACEP 2020.
October 2, 2020
I’m not sure exactly how it started happening, but perhaps given my overlapping interests in food, foraging, and wilderness medicine, my friends have sent me numerous photos of mushrooms in the last f...
October 1, 2020
Greetings everyone! Well, here we are, September 2020. It is hard to believe we are entering the fall season and only have several months until the start of a new year!
August 10, 2020 • Wilderness Photo Contests
The winning image from our 2020 Wilderness Medicine Section Photo Contest Into the Mist and Smoke Brian Tanksley Spacer-rule Gallery of Images Catch a slide show of stunning landscapes and thrilling ...
June 30, 2020
Most people think of ice climbing as quite an extreme sport. After all, climbing a frozen waterfall isn’t something humans were evolutionarily designed for.
Being a medical provider is more than a profession, it is a full value pursuit. The range of emotions and experiences that it encompasses spans from profound and rewarding to downright awful and uncom...
June 30, 2020 • News
Simulated training has found a foothold in the core principles of medical education in this country.
I hope everyone is staying healthy and cautious amidst these unchartered waters of not only Covid19, but also the year 2020, that so far has shown many challenges in the past 6 months.
Greeting ACEP Wilderness Section! It’s been a long time and a lot has changed in the world.
June 22, 2020
James Marvel is the outgoing wilderness medicine fellow at Stanford University. He originally hails from the rugged mountain state of Florida, where one can enjoy unparalleled views of the Florida-Geo...
October 13, 2019
As a wilderness medicine enthusiast, part of the excitement comes from having a broader knowledge base that includes recreational sports, wilderness settings and a subset of skills that goes above and...
USU SoM is the country’s only medical school dedicated to educating active duty military officers to become physicians. This SoM has a unique mission, which calls for unique education.
A 31-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents to the nearest Emergency Department after being reportedly struck by lightning while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park in the ...
A couple of months ago, in June, our fellowship program set out to bikepack a portion of The Blue Ridge Parkway in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
October 11, 2019
“Swinging high above the Jati Luwih rice fields, somewhat strapped in but holding on really tight.”
Hi everyone! Wow, time flies. Summer is coming to an end for most everywhere in the United States, although we have still been hitting temps of 100F here in the southeast in the last week.
Hello everyone! Greetings from the Sierra. It’s Fall here and beautiful weather. I apologize for not writing a longer entry, my excuse is a 12-week old baby girl named Susannah.
August 1, 2019 • Wilderness Photo Contests
The winning images from our 2019 Wilderness Medicine Section Photo Contest Engulfed - Dolomites, Italy Tiffany Chow Photo #6 Following a USFS hand crew on the Island Fire Aaron Stutz, MD Photo #46 Sp...
July 12, 2019
The March issue of Critical Decisions in Emergency Medicine features: Force of Nature, Trauma in the Wilderness.
American College of Emergency Physicians
