Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) AWLS
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This is wilderness medicine education from the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the Univeristy of Utah. It is designed for use in the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) program, but anyone who goes into the backcountry should study this material. Log onto: www.wildmedu.org for more information.
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Electrifying Insights: An Update on Lightning
More people are being injured by lightning as they go outside to places and at times where lighting is present. This podcast will spark your curiosity and illuminate the mysteries of lightning and help you stay safe as you venture outdoors.
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Drowning - An Important Update
Deaths from drowning incidents are increasing for the first time in 20 years. What is drowning? What causes injury, how do you treat someone? And most importantly, how do you prevent drowning from happening? Listen to this important update on drowning.
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Zika Virus - the Silent Disease that Causes Birth Defects
It was first isolated in the forests of Africa but now Zika Virus is found in many places of the world. This disease does not cause serious symptoms, if any at all. But this is what makes it scary, because it can cause serious birth defects. Listen to know more about this horrible disease.
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Cryptosporidium - the Ruiner of Your Backcountry Trip
Most people call it Crypto, and most people will have only mild diarrhea. But don't be mistaken, not only can it ruin a trip, it is very contagious and many people can get it. And some will get very sick. Worse still, It is resistant to chlorine and iodine. Listen and learn how to prevent this parasite from entering your body.
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Giardia and its Foul Smelling Disease
It is estimated that more than 280 million human infections each year are found just in Africa, Asia, and America. In Mexico, the seroprevalence is 53%. Half of all people don't show symptoms. When they do, they stink! Listen and learn about this parasite that is found everywhere.
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Wilderness As Medicine
We have longed talked about wilderness medicine, that is treating people in the outdoors. But what about using the wilderness AS medicine to treat people by using the outdoors as therapy. We start an important concept with this podcast.
Customer Reviews
More WFR skills
I love this podcast. I would love to hear more review of principals from WFR. Assessments etc. It would be very helpful to help me keep up on my skills in this area.
Care of feet
I do volunteer trail work this information will help me take better care of my feet thank you
Excellent!
Thank you for offering your knowledge and experience. Your website, with open access to text books etc, is such a valuable resource. Merci!