This article reviews the pros and cons of commercially available Super Glue versus the much more expensive tissue adhesive, produced by the pharmacutical companies. Interesting conclusion: ‘The avid outdoors-man, whose pack is as light as his wallet, might prefer a tube of Super Glue for commonly encountered field repairs and infrequent therapeutic use’. Read the […]

The September 2014 AWLS course will be held in the Belgian Ardennes for the first time. The course will be held at an impressive location, the fantastically renovated manor of ‘Sech’Ry’, bordering Europe’s largest continuous forrest. Check the menu item AWLS for more information and registration.

Maybritt Kuypers, MD, CEO of Outdoor Medicine, writes about the medical considerations in prolonged space travel in this essay in the Journal of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. She advocates the need for Wilderness and Emergency Medicine skills in Space. Read the full artice here.

An underwater ultrasound scan of scuba divers’ hearts found significant changes in cardiac function during and after a dive, according to a small study in the journal Acta Physiologica. The test could be used to identify novice scuba divers with undetected heart disease or cardiac abnormalities that might prove fatal during a dive, researchers said. […]