Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS)
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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Episodes (225)
Hanging in the Balance: Understanding Suspension Trauma
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Peptide Use in the Wilderness
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Avalanche Tragedies in the Alps
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Leaky lungs - Pulmonary Edema
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The Fall That Changed Lucas Hungerford
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Vaginal Infections in the Backcountry
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Frozen Flesh: Understanding Frostbite
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Where the Ticks Overlap
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Pulse Oximeters in the Backcountry
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Invisible Threats: Fungi in the Outdoors
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Bats in the Grand Canyon
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When Perfusion Fails: Understanding Types of Shock
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Fueling to the Extremes: Nutrition in extreme environments
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Backcountry Women’s Health
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Frozen Numbers: Blood Glucose in the Cold Patient
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Thin Air Doesn’t Play Fair
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Tackling Male Medical Emergencies on the Trail
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Pain: The Foundation Beneath Our Strength
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Trail-Ready Dogs
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Don’t be Tachy: Arrhythmia in the Wilderness
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On the Burning Edge: The Medicine of Wildland Firefighting
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Exoskeletons in the Wilderness
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Creepy Crawlies: The Hidden Worms of the World’s Trails
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The Art of Land Snorkeling
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Under Pressure - Treating compartment syndrome in the wilderness
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Heat, Smoke, and Survival: The Medicine of Wildland Fire
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From Track to Trail: Managing Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
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When the Heart Walls Thicken - HCOM explained.
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Brain Safe: The Next Gen of MTB Helmets
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The Attention Walk
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Managing Type 1 Diabetes in the Wilderness
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Concussions in Sports and Wilderness Activities
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Beyond Limits: The Extreme Physiology of Endurance Sports
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Snakes & Snouts: Protecting Dogs from Bites, Prevention to Treatment
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Wild Reads for Wild Kids
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Wild Waters, Wild Risks
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Living After the Bite: Life with Alpha-Gal Syndrome
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Smoke on the Trail
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Unequal Grounds: Wilderness Medicine Across Cultures
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Breathing High: Can Xenon Gas Boost Climber Performance at Altitude?
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Trail Hydration: What to Drink and Why
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Heavy, Wet, and Deadly: Understanding wet snow avalanches
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Meltdown: Surviving Spring Snow Travel
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Health in Every Step: Rucking
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Enhancement or Harm? The Medical Truth About Performance Drugs
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Hearts in the Wild
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Mineral vs. Chemical: The Sunscreen Showdow
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Reef Safe: How Sunscreen Choices Impact Coral Health
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Parasites in Paradise
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The Viral Truth: Measles, Myths & Medicine
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