Imray, C. (Chris), Grocott, Michael P. W., Wilson, Mark H., Hughes, Amy and Auerbach, Paul S. (2015) Extreme, expedition, and wilderness medicine. The Lancet, 386 (10012). pp. 2520-2525. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01165-4

Research output not available from this repository, contact author.

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

Extreme, expedition, and wilderness medicine are modern and rapidly evolving specialties that address the spirit of adventure and exploration. The relevance of and interest in these specialties are changing rapidly to match the underlying activities, which include global exploration, adventure travel, and military deployments. Extreme, expedition, and wilderness medicine share themes of providing best available medical care in the outdoors, especially in austere or remote settings. Early clinical and logistics decision making can often have important effects on subsequent outcomes. There are lessons to be learned from out-of-hospital care, military medicine, humanitarian medicine, and disaster medicine that can inform in-hospital medicine, and vice-versa. The future of extreme, expedition, and wilderness medicine will be defined by both recipients and practitioners, and empirical observations will be transformed by evidence-based practice.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title:	The Lancet
Publisher:	Lancet Publishing Group
ISSN:	0140-6736
Official Date:	19 December 2015
Dates:	Date Event 19 December 2015 Published
Volume:	386
Number:	10012
Page Range:	pp. 2520-2525
DOI:	10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01165-4
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item