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Wilderness medicine overlaps with a number of other medical specialties in terms of knowledge base and scope of practice, these most notable include; Pre-hospital emergency medicine, Military medicine, Humanitarian aid, Disaster medicine and Public health. The future of extreme, expedition, and wilderness medicine will be defined by both ...
Professional designation for achievement in Wilderness Medicine Validation for the public, patients, and clients of practitioner education in Wilderness Medicine Recognition for completing high quality standards in Wilderness Medicine
Wilderness Medicine is popular in medical school communities, and many student groups hold their own Wilderness Medicine Conferences. One of the earliest examples is the Carolina Wilderness Medicine Seminar, organized at UNC-Chapel Hill by medical students Seth C. Hawkins and Jenny Graham in March 1998 [3] and repeated in 2000. [4]
Dr. Ann Bowers, who recently won a prestigious award known as the “Triple Crown” of wilderness medicine, poses for a portrait in McCormick Forest Park, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Gig Harbor.
WEMT training and certification is similar in scope to wilderness advanced life support (WALS) or other courses for advanced providers such as AWLS (advanced wilderness life support), WUMP (wilderness upgrade for medical professionals), WMPP (wilderness medicine for professional practitioner), and RMAP (remote medicine for advanced providers).
TMC Books produces the Wilderness Medicine Newsletter, an online resource for wilderness medical care providers. [3] Its 2005 book, Treehouse Chronicles, went on to win five national book awards. These include a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award, an Independent Publisher Book Award, a Writers Notes Book Award, an American Design Award ...
Currently, there are no national standards for wilderness medicine, however one of the most popularly followed curricula is the "National Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care" published by the Wilderness Medical Society in 2010. [8] The American Red Cross Wilderness & Remote First Aid (r.2010) certification is valid for 2 years. [9]
William 'Will' R. Smith (born 1973), is an emergency physician and wilderness medicine consultant who lectures about integrating combat medicine into wilderness rescues around the world.