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Volume 29, Number 3 20 SUMMER 12 Volume 29, Number 3 Everest Expedition 2012 Q&A with Dr. Charles Clarke Best Wilderness Medicine Books 6th World Congress Program Schedule! WHAT'S INSIDE Wilderness Matters Arthur (Tony) Islas, MD, FAWM ......................................................................................................................................... 4 INSIDE Everest Expedition 2012: A Gutsy Trek Nancy Pietroski, PharmD ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Wilderness Medicine A quarterly magazine published by the Best Wilderness Medicine Books: A Reading List Wilderness Medical Society Seth C. Hawkins, MD, FAWM ........................................................................................................................................... 8 The Wilderness Medical Society makes Everest Expedition no representations regarding the legal 2012 Q&A with Dr. Charles Clarke or medical information provided by the Sam Schimelpfenig, MD .................................................................................................................................................. 10 individual authors in Wilderness Medicine magazine. Be Careful Out There: Poison Oak, Ivy, Sumac The goals of Wilderness Medicine 6 SFC Theodore Morgan .................................................................................................................................................... 12 magazine are to: 1. Provide timely information regarding Reach Out-Community Education: Top 10 Topics Wilderness Medical Society news and Q&A with Dr. activities. Debra Stoner, MD, FAWM .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Charles Clarke 2. Provide a forum for exchange of ideas and knowledge regarding wilderness, Great Gear for Work and Play: Deep in the Editor’s Pack environmental, and travel medicine. 3. Disseminate wilderness medicine Christopher Van Tilburg, MD, FAWM ............................................................................................................................ 16 information to the wilderness, 8 outdoor, and travel community. Trail Mix: Nutrition for Adventurers—Top 10 Best Backcountry Foods Wilderness Medicine (ISSN 1073- Mary Ryan, MS, RD, CD ................................................................................................................................................... 18 502X) is published online quarterly in Best Wilderness January, April, July, and October by the Wilderness Medical Society, 2150 South Medicine Books Footprints for Kids: Top 10 Outdoor Activities for Kids 1300 East, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Debra Stoner, MD, FAWM .............................................................................................................................................. 20 Utah, 84106. Submit request to reprint Wilderness Medicine in whole or in part to copyright.com. In Memoriam—James A. Wilkerson, III, MD, FAWM 10 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 ©2012 Wilderness Medical Society. All rights reserved. To Be Or Not To Be “Certified” in Wilderness Medicine Debra Stoner, MD, FAWM .............................................................................................................................................. 22 WMS Editorial Office & 6th World Congress Advertising Sales Jonna Barry Program Schedule! Tactical Combat Casualty Care Guidelines Updated 1505 N Royer St Brad Bennett, PhD, EMT, FAWM .................................................................................................................................... 23 Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Tel: (719) 330-7523 Fax: (801) 705-1483 Committee Roll Call ............................................................................................................................ 23 Email submissions to [email protected] 29 Photo by Paul Morrison. Cliff Notes Design & layout: Ali Arastu ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26 CoPilot Creative 301 E Pikes Peak Ave Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Photo by Steve Rogers. 6th World Congress Program Schedule ............................................................... 29 copilotcreative.com Cover photo: Descending to Vignettes Hut, day 6 of Haute Route ski tour, Penniene Alps, near Swiss-Italian border by Christopher Van Tilburg. WILDERNESS MEDICINE // Summer 2012 3 WILDERNESS MATTERS Arthur A. (Tony) Islas MD, MPH, CAQ – Sports Medicine, FAWM, President WMS EDIToRIAL STAFF Christopher Van Tilburg, Thank You MD, FAWM Editor-in-Chief I’d like to thank all of those who have helped run the WMS machinery these past two years. First thanks to the office staff, Loren Jonna Barry Greenway, Teri Howell, Jim Ingwersen Managing Editor and Jonna Barry, who help to create the “Society” much more than any of us in the administration do. I am grateful for all the extra time and energy they spend on societal Seth C. Hawkins, MD, FAWM issues. Thanks, guys! Senior Editor I’d also like to thank those members who served on the board during the past two Debra Stoner, years. I’m always inspired to see the amount MD, FAWM Associate Editor I write this, my last edition of Wilderness Matters, just of time and energy that people give towards the WMS. Thank you all for supporting the having completed the Everest WMS Base Camp trek, WMS and making my job much easier. Larry E. Johnson, and I am still a little jet lagged. My mind is still swirling MD, PhD with that mixture of mountains and culture that is Lastly, I’d like to thank the executive Assistant Editor Nepal. However, out of this haze I’m keenly aware that committee, the working group of the board: my time as president of the WMS is just about up, and Colin Grissom, Jay Lemery, Brad Bennett I have a few things to say before I step down. and Eric Johnson. I trust these individuals implicitly and cannot put into words how Contributing Editors The Society grateful I am for their commitment and Nancy Pietroski, First and foremost, I feel that I am leaving the reigns of the Society camaraderie over the last two years. Thank PharmD in better shape than when I took them over. Financially, we are you, my brothers. Upcoming on the upswing and are able to cover our bases now without Conferences cutting into our savings. This change is mostly due to an increase Moving Forward wms.org/conferences Sam Schimelpfenig, in membership. I challenged the Society two years ago that by As I step down at Whistler, I am excited about MD the Whistler World Congress in July 2012, my goal was 3,000 the future of the WMS under the leadership February 2-9, 2013 members. I’m happy to report we have 3,033 members today and of Jay Lemery. Jay is a dynamic and innovative MedSail: Medicine for Mariners, our membership is continuing to rise. leader and will be a great president for the British Virgin Islands Society. He’s a unique combination of an Lynn Yonge, MD, FAWM Why are we increasing in membership? We are offering more to academic thinker and an approachable, down- February 14-20, 2013 our members. We now have two additional learning programs to-earth guy. The Society is lucky to have him. Winter Wilderness & Mountain creating quite a buzz: beyond the Fellowship we have the Diploma I wish Jay all the best and will be happy to Medicine Conference, Canyons of Mountain Medicine and the Masters Fellow Program. In continue serving the Society as immediate Resort, Park City, Utah addition, we have offered more educational opportunities both past president during his presidency. Editors Emeritus online and at our meetings. Case in point, our year 2011-2012 July 11-17, 2013 Edward Geehr, MD 1984-1986 Howard Backer, MD 1986-1991 has been the busiest year in recent WMS history. We started with Whistler! 30th Annual Summer Conference Eric A. Weiss, MD 1991-1994 our Snowmass Annual Meeting in July 2011, hosted a Desert Lastly I’m looking forward to Whistler! The on Wilderness Medicine and Karl Neumann, MD 1994-2002 Meeting in Tucson in November, held our winter Park City international meetings are always some of the Annual Meeting, Beaver Run meeting in February, put on the Everest Base Camp CME treks best for stirring lectures and exchanging ideas Resort, Breckenridge, Colorado April and May 2012 and now ending with the Whistler World on wilderness medicine topics. In addition, the Congress in July. I firmly believe that if you give our members facilities are top notch and the mountains are october 30-November 3, 2013 new opportunities to learn and grow within the WMS, the just beautiful. I hope to see as many members Environmental Change & Human membership as a whole will grow as well. Our newest membership as possible and spend some time hiking and Health, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, initiative is to call our soon-to-be-expired members, as well as exploring the British Columbia mountains! Dauphin Island, Alabama our lapsed members, and remind them to renew so they don’t Come with me if you get a chance! miss any issues of the Journal or any of our terrific conferences. I believe this has helped to increase our membership, which has In Peace, helped stabilize and strengthen the Society.
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