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The Myths of Food and Water

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January/February 2010  ISBN-1059-6518  Volume 23 Number 5

The Myths of Food and Water

 By Frank Hubbell, DO

If you read the travel log on our medical missions trip to Haiti, you probably noticed that towards the end of the trip we made a mistake and ate a “mystery meat” sandwich on the bus ride across the Dominican Republic. This was a big mistake. With that in mind I thought it would be very appropriate to review the rules of dining out in a developing nation.

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Special Issue for the People and Rescuers in Haiti

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The November/December issue of the Wilderness Medicine Newsletter was originally to be an issue dedicated to Celiac disease. However, due to the magnitude of the disaster in Haiti, we felt that the most direct way that we could help was to pull together a number of articles that pertain specifically to disaster management and make those article available to anyone who might be involved in the rescue and recovery efforts in Haiti. Therefore, our regular subscribers will recognize the contents of this issue as a compilation of past articles.

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Extended and Remote Care Part II

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This is Part II of The Principles of Long-Term Patient Care. In the previous issue we reviewed the principles of long-term patient care concerning aspects of monitoring and re-SOAPing the patient, the environmental emergencies, and medical emergencies. This edition of the WMNL will concentrate on long-term patient care and the trauma patient.

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Extended and Remote Care

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When an emergency call goes out, it brings to mind a team of men and women scrambling to their ambulances and then racing down the road with lights flashing and sirens blaring. Through quick notification, rapid response, state-of-the-art equipment, extensive training, rapid extrication, and speedy transport to an emergency department, the sick and injured are very well cared for. But, what happens when this chain of events is delayed? What if the distance to the scene, difficult terrain, or bad weather delays notification or slows the response time?

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