GEMC:Environmental Disorders

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Environmental Disorders section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Bites and Envenomations

Arthropods & Insects, Spiders, Mammals, Marine Organisms, Reptiles

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Dysbarism: Air Embolism, Barotrauma, Decompression Syndrome

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Electrical Injury / Lightning

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High-Altitude Medicine

Acute Mountain Sickness, Barotrauma of Ascent, High-Altitude Cerebral Edema, High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

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Submersion Incidents: Cold Water Immersion, Near drowning

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  • • Schmidt A. Drowning: Critical Points for Care in the Field. 2013. Social Media and Critical Care. Accessed 19 Aug 2013. http://vimeo.com/57826732 (6m41s).

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Temperature-Related Illness: Heat Exhaustion, Heat stroke

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Temperature-Related Illness: Frostbite, Hypothermia

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  • • Oosterloo M. Dead cold, winter can be murder. 2013. Social Media and Critical Care. Accessed 19 Aug 2013. http://vimeo.com/57872537 (6m24s).

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Radiation Emergencies

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