Environmental and Wilderness Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

In this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, guest editors Drs. C Cheyenne Falat and Stephanie Lareau bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Environmental and Wilderness Medicine. Emergency medicine physicians must be equipped with the knowledge to effectively care for patients who push the limits of this world and are exposed to the extremes of temperature, altitude, terrain, physical activity, flora and fauna-and even outer space. This issue addresses each of these topics with guidance from top experts in the field.