Casualty care guidelines developed by the military are directly transferable to improve the practice of wilderness medicine

(Elsevier) Many of the lessons learned on the battlefield translate well to the austere conditions encountered every day in the wilderness. A lack of resources, extreme weather, and delayed transport to an established medical facility are just some of the common challenges practitioners and participants face. A special supplement to Wilderness & Environmental Medicine offers an in-depth examination of military trauma techniques to help educate medical professionals and the end-user community to improve readiness and outcomes.

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