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Hiker performing CPR on a lightning strike victim on a rocky mountain ridge, storm clouds and lightning visible in the background, first aid kit open nearby

Lightning Strike: The Wilderness Response Proto...

If lightning hits your group, the standard triage rules are wrong. In a lightning mass casualty event, the patients who appear dead are the only ones you treat first —...

Lightning Strike: The Wilderness Response Proto...

If lightning hits your group, the standard triage rules are wrong. In a lightning mass casualty event, the patients who appear dead are the only ones you treat first —...

Hiker performing rescue breathing on a drowning victim pulled from a cold mountain lake, black PrepEM Wild med kit open on the rocky shore

Drowning & Cold Water Immersion: What the Water...

Most people believe cold water is more deadly in a drowning emergency. The clinical data says otherwise — and the CPR mistake that follows that myth kills people every year.

Drowning & Cold Water Immersion: What the Water...

Most people believe cold water is more deadly in a drowning emergency. The clinical data says otherwise — and the CPR mistake that follows that myth kills people every year.

Female hiker wearing blue nitrile gloves irrigating a laceration on a male hiker's forearm with a syringe on a forest trail at golden hour, black medical kit open on the ground

Wound Infection in the Wild: When Dirt Becomes ...

A dirty wound becomes an infected wound. An infected wound becomes a systemic infection. And a systemic infection can escalate into sepsis — a life-threatening emergency — faster than most...

Wound Infection in the Wild: When Dirt Becomes ...

A dirty wound becomes an infected wound. An infected wound becomes a systemic infection. And a systemic infection can escalate into sepsis — a life-threatening emergency — faster than most...

Hiker applying a tourniquet high on the upper leg of an injured trail companion on a Rocky Mountain trail, black medical kit open beside them

How to Use a Tourniquet - The Right Way

Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the number one cause of preventable death in trauma - and an arterial bleed can kill a healthy adult in under three minutes. Most people carrying a...

How to Use a Tourniquet - The Right Way

Uncontrolled hemorrhage is the number one cause of preventable death in trauma - and an arterial bleed can kill a healthy adult in under three minutes. Most people carrying a...

Wilderness first responder pouring water on a collapsed hiker in extreme desert heat with a PrepEM Wild medical kit open on the ground - heat stroke field guide

Heat Stroke vs. Heat Exhaustion: The One Sign t...

Heat exhaustion will end your hike. Heat Stroke will end your life. An ER Physician explains the one critical neurological sign that separates the two - and exactly how to...

Heat Stroke vs. Heat Exhaustion: The One Sign t...

Heat exhaustion will end your hike. Heat Stroke will end your life. An ER Physician explains the one critical neurological sign that separates the two - and exactly how to...

Wilderness first responder administering an EpiPen auto-injector in a dark forest - anaphylaxis field treatment guide

Benadryl Isn't Enough: How to Treat Anaphylaxis...

Most people in the backcountry think Benadryl is enough for a severe allergic reaction. An ER Physician explains why that misconception is fatal - and exactly when to use epinephrine...

Benadryl Isn't Enough: How to Treat Anaphylaxis...

Most people in the backcountry think Benadryl is enough for a severe allergic reaction. An ER Physician explains why that misconception is fatal - and exactly when to use epinephrine...