Expedition and Wilderness Medicine - International Society of Travel Medicine

Chair

Jenny Visser

Chair, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
New Zealand
Howard Backer

Co-Chair, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
United States of America

Steering Council

Immediate Past Chair: Andrea Rossanese
Max Winkler
Jim Bond

Charter

Provide a professional forum for ISTM Members interested in expedition and wilderness medicine
Develop programs and sessions to educate travel medicine practitioners on specific issues regarding expedition and wilderness medicine
Foster the development of recommendations on expedition and wilderness medicine within travel medicine
Develop and maintain an international body of knowledge in expedition and wilderness medicine
Promote the importance of travel-related issues for those working in expedition and wilderness medicine
Advance the science of expedition and wilderness medicine
Review and maintain the legal parameters within which expedition and wilderness medicine is practiced

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Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines

This link will allow you to access the guidelines, which are all open access. These are evidence-based, written by experts in the field and current. They are very pertinent to travel medicine in remote areas, including expeditions, adventure travel, humanitarian aid groups and researchers in the field.

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The following topics are included:

2024
Altitude
Drowning
Spinal Cord Protection
Water Treatment
Avalanche
Acute Pain
Heat Illness
Frostbite
Eye Injuries
Search and Rescue