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Topic: Environment

Drowning

May 6, 2021 Tom Welch

As I write this, it is 48 degrees in the southern Adirondacks.Ā  Yet, the ice is off of the lakes,…

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Bloom in the Waters

March 8, 2019 Tom Welch

LATELY I HAVE BEEN SPLITTING my time between the Adirondacks and the Gulf Coast of Florida. While these areas are…

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Time to start packing Epipens?

September 6, 2017 Tom Welch

Adirondoc – 2017, September/October I am sure that most readers have been hearing a lot about EpipensĀ® lately. The bulk…

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Rethinking Hypothermia: So Much More Than Temperature

September 18, 2016 adirondoc

Sooner or later, anyone who writes about wilderness medicine needs to tackle the problem of hypothermia. Until now, I have…

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The Greatest Health Risk in the Outdoors

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I always have an exciting time at meetings of the Wilderness Medical Society. Discussions of helicopter evacuations, technical extractions from…

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Lightning Strikes Again

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Ask someone to name the top weather-related cause of death, and hurricane, tornado, or similar catastrophes are likely answers. While…

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Duck Itch: A Gift from the Water

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If you’ve spent any time near populated Adirondack waters, you no doubt have seen signs warning against feeding the ducks.…

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