Wilderness Medicine Expo 2008
February 10, 2008

The Adventure Summit
February 8–10, 2008
Wright State University

The Department of Emergency Medicine presented Wilderness Medicine Expo 2008 during the Adventure Summit at Wright State University in February 2008. The free program offers presentations and small interactive group sessions focused on wilderness safety, preparation, and survival. This year marked the seventh time the department has presented the program, but the first time the Expo was incorporated into the Adventure Summit, the area’s premiere outdoor adventure exposition cosponsored by Five Rivers MetroParks and Wright State.

Emergency medicine faculty and residents presented the following lectures:

• Injuries in the Wild: Heat, Cold, & Broken Bones, Brian Springer, M.D.
• Wilderness ABCs and Packing Your Med Kit, Jason R. Pickett, M.D.
• Bites and Stings in the Wild, Christopher Clavert, M.D.

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The Department of Emergency Medicine has presented Wilderness Medicine Expo seven times since 2001. Check out these presentations from past Wilderness Expo programs:

• Heat Illness: Risk, Treatment & Prevention, Maj. Terence Lonergan, M.D., Flight Surgeon
• Stings, Bites, and Strikes: Plants, Insects, and Animals to Avoid, Robert Sarlay, M.D.
• What's in YOUR kit? Medical Preplanning for Wilderness Activity, Jason R. Pickett, M.D., EMT-P/T
• "Cold, Hot and What to Wear!" Shawn A. Campbell, M.D.
• "Spiders, Bugs, Snakes, and Plants to Avoid," Brian Bosscher, M.D.
• "Sprains, Strains and Breaks," Brian L. Springer, M.D., Sports Medicine director

For more information, contact the Boonshoft School of Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine at som_er@wright.edu.