When you’re out in the sticks, you want to travel light. This limits the amount of diagnostic supplies you can carry, and generally wilderness medics trend towards carrying supplies that can do multiple jobs. Thus, necessity being the mother of…
Paresthesthias commonly occur in long distance hiking, such as thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail (seen to the left) or the Pacific Coast Trail. They occur in both upper and lower extremities, and can certainly make hiking less fun. Of course, there…
You’ve probably heard of it, or seen pictures of it on various internet feeds. But how many references have you seen in the medical literature? They’re sparse at best, which is part of the reason I haven’t written about them…
The easy answer is to stay out of the water. That takes all the fun out of life though, so there has to be a better answer. Sadly, once a shark has decided to attack, your chances of survival drastically…