The man is currently at Tsubaki Shrine in Mie Prefecture of Japan. WMA Lead Instructor Dave Ramsey sports our classic tee.
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Archive for April, 2009
Where’s the Man??? – Japan
Monday, April 6th, 2009New WMA Website Feedback from Students
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Sometimes you need to be careful about what you ask for, but when launching a new website, you gotta do it!
We wanted to make our new site easier to navigate, chock full of wilderness medical information, and featuring real people in videos. So we asked a recent group of WMA course graduates and this is what some said:
“Hey! Nice job with the web site. I like the eye catching header, the link to courses near me and the YouTube video. I keep describing to people how the course simulated real life situations and helped desensitize me to serious injuries, especially disfigurement, blood and guts (and Cabot’s projective vomiting!). It is great to have the YouTube clip to have my peers view and gain a better understanding of how I was trained.”
“New site looks great! I really like the Q & A and blog sections. Keep up the good work!”
“Like to new website, it was easy to navigate. I enjoyed the questions and answer part with Dr. Johnson the most.”
“The look and feel is really good. I like the Find a Course feature.”
Thanks to all the recent WMA grads who gave us such useful feedback.
Anne Rugg
General Manager
Where’s the Man? Send in Your Pics!
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
This week the man was on top of Mt. Marcy, as sported by our very own instructors, Josh Martin and Paul Cunningham from Northern Cairn!
WMA has these new t-shirts that are given out to everybody on a WMA course (with the exception of a WFA course), featuring a da Vinci-inspired design of the Vitruvian Man. We are asking students, instructors, and like-minded individuals to send in their pictures to webmaster@wildmed.com. We’d like to know where the picture was shot, and we will feature your post right here on our blog! Don’t forget to send us a story to attach to your submission!
Check back to see where the man has been traveling to!
Lance Armstrong Self-Splinting
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009Last week Lance Armstrong fell in a bike race crash and broke his right collar bone. Earlier I sent a video link to @wildmed by Twitter (http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20090323/armstrong-cae-abandona-castilla-leon/455839.shtml) that shows how he is self-splinting his injury while waiting for medical help. All signs point to unstable.
This photo shows the surgical site 3 days later. This is interesting for wilderness medicine students because it shows management of a high risk wound 3 days post incision. The area has obviously been cleaned. Steri strips and sutures are holding the wound edges together. The whole package is being covered by a clear view site to protect it from dirt and debris. When the wound is not being inspected it is splinted.
This is the post op video where he shows the x-ray:
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