As a long-time vegetarian, fishing is not one of my outdoor pursuits. Yet, I have had plenty of experience removing…
Although I have covered the topic of immunizations for backpackers a few times in the past, it is an area…
Recently, a reader asked me for some information on exercise-induced asthma (EIA). Although I have covered asthma generally a couple…
I just uploaded an article from the March-April 2025 issue of Adirondack Life. The article synthesizes some work I have been…
On a warm summer’s day in 2021, a young family living near California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains parked their truck and…
A small, but highly visible part of the outdoor education industry is the “wilderness therapy” world: a movement based upon…
I often begin my wilderness first aid courses with a little quiz, to assess participants’ ability to recognize risk. A…
Seizures, although rarely serious emergencies, are very frightening to those unaccustomed to them. A seizure developing in the backcountry setting…
One way to guess a person’s age is to ask what they were taught in their earliest first aid class…
This issue’s column discusses a rather unpleasant ailment that has been in the news quite a bit lately. Norovirus is…