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!
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Last 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.
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This is the post op video where he shows the x-ray:
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