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Wilderness Medicine Training Prepares Emergency Doctors
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Jun 25, 2015 - 4:03:02 PM

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Identifying poisonous snakes and knotting climbing ropes to form a makeshift litter are not typically taught in medical school.

But emergency medicine doctors need to be creative, flexible and have a broad knowledge base.

That's why Dr. Jeff Lubin, associate professor of emergency medicine andLife Lion division chief, took emergency medicine residents and medical students out of the emergency department and into the wild.

"It is very applicable," Lubin said of the first wilderness medicine training offered by Penn State Hershey. "One of the things they need to understand is what happens outside the hospital, because they are going to be receiving those patients."

Lubin worked with Life Lion flight paramedic and wilderness medicine enthusiast Saul Elertas to design the training at the Boy Scouts of America's Camp Bashore near Jonestown in Dauphin County.

Dressed in fleece, sweatshirts and hiking boots against an unseasonably cool May morning, Elertas reminded the residents of basic rules about making assumptions, planning ahead and taking care of themselves outdoors.

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