词条 | Wilderness medical emergency |
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A wilderness medical emergency is a medical emergency that takes place in a wilderness or remote setting at least 60 minutes away from definitive care (hospital, clinic, etc.). Such an emergency can require specialized skills, treatment techniques, and knowledge in order to manage the patient for an extended period of time before and during evacuation.[1] TypesInjury and illnesses
Infections
Neurologic
Respiratory
Shock
Mass-casualty incidentsA mass casualty incident (MCI) is a situation in which the number or severity of casualties overwhelms the available medical resources and service providers. Wilderness MCIs may include blizzards, earthquakes, avalanches, landslides, floods and forest fire, but they need not be natural disasters. Mass casualties have also been caused by human error in parties of climbers or explorers, with or without complications from inclement weather.[2] In mass casualty incidents, emergency service providers must prioritize their patients using a process called triage in order to make the most of their limited resources. ResponseExtrication and evacuation{{Main article|Wilderness emergency response}}Transporting an injured person out of the wilderness on a stretcher can be a difficult exercise requiring considerable manpower.[3][4] It is advised that at least one person stay with an injured party and that no one attempt to seek help by travelling alone over inhospitable terrain.[3] Golden HourIn emergency medicine, some advocates assert that there is a golden hour which refers to a time period lasting from a few minutes to several hours following traumatic injury being sustained by a casualty, during which there is the highest likelihood that prompt medical treatment will prevent death.[5] While most medical professionals agree that delays in definitive care are undesirable, recent peer reviewed literature casts doubt on the validity of the 'golden hour' as it appears to lack a scientific basis. Dr. Bryan Bledsoe, an outspoken critic of the golden hour and other EMS "myths" like critical incident stress management, has indicated that the peer reviewed medical literature does not demonstrate any "magical time" for saving critical patients.[6] Responder CertificationsFirst aidWilderness first aid (WFA) is the specific discipline of first aid which relates to care in remote areas, where emergency medical services will be difficult to obtain or will take a long time to arrive. Locating the victim precedes assessment and intervention and in the case of wilderness response is often a difficult matter.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} Specialists in white water rescue, mountain rescue, mine disaster response and other fields are often employed. In some cases, emergency extrication procedures at incidents such as automobile accidents are required before assessment is possible. Only once the location of the victim has been determined, a trained responder has been dispatched and successfully reached the victim, can the ordinary first aid process begin. Assessment is then enabled and it follows carefully specified protocols which have been refined through a long process of evaluation. CertificationWilderness First Aid is a relatively new field compared to regular or 'urban' first aid. For this reason, there are a number of boards and societies which have been formed in recent years to attempt to establish normalized standards for wilderness first aid certification and wilderness medicine in general. Currently, there are no national standards for wilderness medicine, however one of the most popularly followed curricula is the "National Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care" published by the Wilderness Medical Society in 2010.[7] The American Red Cross Wilderness & Remote First Aid (r.2010) certification is valid for 2 years.[8] In Canada the first WFA courses were taught in the mid 1980s and the first organization to adopt standards was the Wilderness First Aid and Safety Association of BC (defunct since 1998).[9] First respondersA Wilderness First Responder (72- to 80-hour course) certification is both a higher certification than a Wilderness First Aid or (16- to 20-hour course) certification, and may also be used to upgrade an Emergency Medical Technician to a Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician. Outdoor Emergency Care is a National Ski Patrol certification, but it doesn't fully meet the requirements for a WFR certification.[10] Training and certification organizations{{Main article|Wilderness medicine}}A number of fellowships are available for emergency medicine graduates including prehospital medicine (emergency medical services), hospice and palliative care, research, undersea and hyperbaric medicine, sports medicine, ultrasound, pediatric emergency medicine, disaster medicine, wilderness medicine, toxicology, and Critical Care Medicine.[11]
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References1. ^{{cite web|title=Wilderness Medicine|url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Wilderness+medicine|publisher=Farlex|accessdate=1 February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2011}}2. ^http://www.thecityedition.com/2012/First_Aid.html#mass{{full citation needed|date=August 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite book |chapter=Evacuation |chapterurl=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=y1HG491iAFsC&pg=PA25 |pages=25–7 |title=Medicine for mountaineering & other wilderness activities |first=James |last=Wilkerson |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-89886-799-2 }} 4. ^{{cite book |chapter=Transporting the Injured |chapterurl=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dn8D3CL5MQYC&pg=PA88 |page=88 |title=Keller's Outdoor Survival Guide: How to Prevail When Lost, Stranded, or Injured in the Wilderness |first=William |last=Keller |year=2001 |isbn=978-1-57223-266-2 }} 5. ^{{cite book|title=Atls, Advanced Trauma Life Support Program for Doctors|publisher=Amer College of Surgeons|year=2008|isbn=978-1-880696-31-6|location=|pages=|doi=|oclc=|author=American College of Surgeons}}{{page needed|date=August 2015}} 6. ^{{cite journal|year=2002|title=The Golden Hour: fact or fiction?|journal=Emergency Medical Services|volume=31|issue=6|pages=105|pmid=12078402|last1=Bledsoe|first1=BE}} 7. ^{{cite journal |last1=McIntosh |first1=SE |last2=Opacic |first2=M |last3=Freer |first3=L |last4=et. al. |year=2014 |title=Wilderness Medical Society practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of frostbite: 2014 update |journal=Wilderness Environ Med |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=43–54 |publisher=Elsevier Inc. |doi=10.1016/j.wem.2014.09.001 |pmid=25498262 }} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Wilderness and Sports|url=http://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cpr-first-aid/wilderness-sports#wilderness-remote-first-aid|publisher=Red Cross|accessdate=31 January 2017}} 9. ^ St. John Ambulance provides a Wilderness First Aid course{{failed verification|date=August 2015}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720072739/http://www.sja.ca/Ottawa/Training/AtHome/Pages/WildernessFirstAid.aspx |date=20 July 2011 |access-date=31 January 2017 }} 10. ^{{cite journal |last1=Hawkins |first1=Seth C. |title=The Relationship Between Ski Patrols and Emergency Medical Services Systems |journal=Wilderness & Environmental Medicine |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=106–11 |year=2012 |pmid=22656654 |doi=10.1016/j.wem.2012.03.008 }} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Subspecialty Certification|url=http://www.abem.org/PUBLIC/portal/alias__Rainbow/lang__en-US/tabID__3335/DesktopDefault.aspx|publisher=ABEM|accessdate=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906084307/http://www.abem.org/PUBLIC/portal/alias__Rainbow/lang__en-US/tabID__3335/DesktopDefault.aspx|archive-date=6 September 2011|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} Further reading
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