Vertical Medicine

-: CWEMSE Day 28 :- [9/21/2024, posted late on 9/22/2024] Today’s Travel: 1352 km Total Travel*: 15,003 km* Knot of the Day: stopper knot BARKLEY MARATHONS FALL CLASSIC Our final day of the Externship was spent in collaboration with the Appalachian Mountain Rescue Team, providing medical support to The Barkley Marathons Fall Classic. This remarkable 50 km ultramarathon is one of the most famous & challenging in the world. The route, which changes every year, must be navigated by racers without GPS, and which they only receive access to the morning before, includes about 3600 m of elevation change on each loop. More info on the marathon series: youtu.be/NDZdsqbcGTU?si… This really was a perfect capstone experience to the Extern’s month & gave them real-world experiential education around event medicine and austere/wilderness medical care. And for sure the grueling characteristics of the Barkley provided plenty of experience! We were positioned at the top of a truly gnarly series of switchbacks up Bird Mountain, & just before the Pillars of Doim. With a name like that what could go wrong? A particular treat for us was meeting & getting to walk for a while with Laz, the famous course designer and founder of the Barkly! Following this, and a late night debrief, the Externship ended as it so often does: hugs and farewells in a remote forest/park parking lot, with Externs and Seth reminding each other that this is not the end… it’s only the beginning of a beautiful collaboration together. Until next time — esse quam videri! *total course travel distance to date for #MD1, #MD75, & #MD76, including by truck, motorboat, ambulance, firetruck, foot, helicopter, swimming, canoe, ferry, ocean rescue beach response truck, UTV & ATV, dune ambulance/response vehicle, electric vehicle (EV), litter travel, ascending and descending rope #CWEMSE2024 #cwemse #expeditionary #wildernessmedicine #wildernessEMS #essequamvideri #crewnotpassengers #medicalschool #emergencymedicine #hawkventures #yesthisismedschool #thisisanthropology #thisispublichealth #trainlikeyoufight #WakeForestWildMed #barkleymarathons #appalachianmountainrescueteam #frozenheadstatepark @HawkVenture @WakeWildMed @CWEMSE

Read two articles published in WEM which explore predictors of rock-climbing injuries & the importance of immediate care following an injury! wemjournal.org/article/S1080-… wemjournal.org/article/S1080-… #WEMjournal #climbing #injuries

#CWEMSE2022 Day #3 The #BRATT course continues. This class was built and is directed by our own MD-53 Chris Davis (#EX13), a doc renowned for his technical skills, guiding experience, and academic credentials. Getting to work with Dr. Davis is a true privilege for our Externs!

🕛Live at noon EDT! "Wilderness Medicine and Safety in North Carolina Outdoor Spaces" is today's @NCDEQ @NorthCarolinaEE @naturalsciences #LunchTimeDiscovery livestream. Guest Dr. Seth Hawkins @hawkvox, host @EnvEdChris, and YOU can join the live Q & A! youtube.com/watch?v=aax4xl…

WRMC ~ Wilderness EMS Medical Director Course Pre-Conference Workshop Oct. 18th & 19th - 8a-5p in Burlington, VT. Attend both or just the Wilderness EMS Medical Director Course. WEMSMDC sign up: forms.gle/hQcsEA7du7u9xG… WRMC Schedule & Registration: bit.ly/3zOgX8H

SAR team members should always mentally prepare, train, and equip themselves to survive in the wilderness, because someday their lives may depend on it. wms.org/magazine/1319/… #SearchAndRescue #survival #rescueoperations #wems #wildernessems #WildMedMag

Allen together with 🇪🇸 Jordi Tosas and 🇦🇹 Stefan Keck was attempting to open a new route via the SE wall of the mountain reportedly hit by the avalanche, the other two climbers are said to be safe.

BREAKING: Legendary Scottish climber Rick Allen has died on the southeast wall of Mt K2 (8611 m).

South Korean missing after fall while scaling Pakistani peak sfgate.com/sports/article… via @SFGate

Calling all hikers! From the Lehigh Gap Appalachian Trail Loop to the Whisky Springs Rock Maze and more, 50 HIKES IN PENNSYLVANIA is guaranteed to tempt both the novice and the experienced trailblazers. Learn more: wwnorton.com/books/97816826…

@countrymanpress A great companion book would be @countrymanpress’s _#VerticalAid: Essential #WildernessMedicine for Climbers, Trekkers, and Mountaineers_, to prepare for any potential mishaps on those fantastic #Pennsylvania trails! wwnorton.com/books/97815815… @VertMedRes @Pearcebeis #wildmed

Did you know our own Bryan Simon @RBryanSimon has written a book on building a first aid kit? Check it out here: amazon.com/First-Aid-Kits…

Friends and relatives of Dr. Alex Goldfarb, a prominent physician affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center who treated COVID-19 patients in Queens, N.Y. at the height of the pandemic, are mourning his death in a climbing accident in Pakistan. bos.gl/1FFOV4S

@jamiewilsonacnp @bryanboling Thanks for the shout-out! More information also available at vertical-medicine.com or on Twitter at @RBryanSimon @Pearcebeis @hawkvox. We are all climbers/mountaineers and healthcare professionals, also authors of the textbook #VerticalAid.

@bryanboling @VertMedRes Deb and Bryan Simon are part of this group. They’re also CSOR RNs

Looking for someone who's an expert in wilderness medicine, specifically mountain/altitude/climbing. #medtwitter, any recs?

Legendary Yosemite climber and last surviving memver of the first ascent of The Nose on El Cap, George Whitmore, dies at 89 from #COVID19 complications gripped.com/news/george-wh…

The #COVID19 pandemic means worldwide psychological first aid is needed now more than ever—we cannot change our exposure to death, but we can change how we process and integrate it into our lives and practices @hawkvox bit.ly/3hPwN7w

Interesting study here. gymclimber.com/study-indicate…

Congratulations to Corey Winstead (WEMS2), co-author of our Wilderness EMS Education chapter and winner of the 2020 Wilderness Medical Society Warren D. Bowman Award this week! #WEMS2 #WEMSText #WEMSTextAwards #WMSVirtual20 @lippincott @wkhealth @WildMedSociety

@casey_stedman @VertMedRes @ClimbingMag @wwnorton @countrymanpress It has literally everything you want to know and didn’t know that you wanted to know in it!