Comments for Adventure Doc: Travel and Expedition Medicine Blog

Comment on Setting new protocols for expedition and wilderness medicine by bear

bear — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:10:15 +0000

Adventure Doc. Are contract paramedics capable of utilizing your protocols and medical direction? If so, I would love to acquire additional information, as I am in need of periodic medical direction during assignments.

Thank you,

Comment on Anascorp and Scorpion Stings in Arizona by Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:44:18 +0000

This little girl’s experience is word for word what my 4 year old son went through when stung by a scorpion hiding among his toys in his bedroom. It all happened so quickly and much of the details of his experience were lost in a blur when I tried to recount it for family and friends.

I had taken my son to Mendy’s Place at John C. Lincoln in Phoenix. Thankfully they were also taking part if the clinical trials. I can’t imagine having to ride something like this out without Anascorp. Just awful. I was very surprised (and very relieved) to see how quickly the antivenon worked. Thank heaven for it and thank goodness it will be more widely available now. Great article! Southwesterners should read it to be educated (a healthy fear of what can happen to remind everyone to wear shoes indoors and outdoors, and to be ever mindful of these native creatures) and know how significant the FDA’s approval on this really is.

Comment on Malaria Prevention by jobinmartin

jobinmartin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:52:14 +0000

In India malaria takes thousands of lives per year,early diagnosis and treatment has helped a lot in preventing a lot of malaria deaths from happening. The annual smear examination rate is improving, and hopefully we can control this dreadful disease in a few years.

Comment on Certificate in Travel Health by Adventure Doc

Adventure Doc — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:43:13 +0000

Absolutely! Those books served me very well! Thanks for asking!

Comment on Certificate in Travel Health by Matt

Matt — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:15:35 +0000

How’d the examination go? were you well suited for the exam after using those above resources?

Comment on Anascorp and Scorpion Stings in Arizona by Eye Doc

Eye Doc — Sun, 08 May 2011 15:08:11 +0000

I agree with adventure doc. My 6 year old son was stung by a bark scorpion in Las Vegas, Nevada. Within 15 minutes he developed many of the signs that the neuro toxin will cause discussed by adventure doc. I am an optometrist and had noticed the first sign being Nystagumus (uncontrolled eye movements). This led to grade 4 toxicity.

We had taken our son to St Rose Dominican which provided sedatives. They had suggested Anascorp antivenon which only Sunrise Hospital provided. My son was transported to Sunrise of which we obtained the antivenom within 6 hours of the initial event. Within 30 minutes many of the signs were improving and within 90 minutes were completely gone.

I was pretty amazed with the efficacy of Anascorp. Anybody with a scorpion sting should transport to Sunrise Hospital as they are the only local facility to provide this non FDA approved treatment as it is under FDA clinical trials.

Comment on Rock Climbing, Finger Taping and Injury by Ptomy

Ptomy — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:11:31 +0000

I am really disgusted when I see finger taping, especially in the NBA

Comment on Travel with Diabetes and Insulin by Ross

Ross — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:52:17 +0000

Hello Adventure Doc, only recently found your site and am enjoying working my way through. I’m Type 1 Diabetic myself and have put together a travel guide to help fellow travellers with my condition, its quite large but its comprehensive.. Hope it can be of help to others with this condition

http://diabetictravelinsurance.com/diabetic-travel-advice

Comment on Travel Medical Kit by Deans

Deans — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:38:27 +0000

i like this blog ..nice

Comment on Travel medicine video updates from Greece and North Africa by Chita

Chita — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:21:45 +0000

I love that you are doing this! It’s so you and so awesome. Great work Erik! Godspeed, dude.

Comment on Interesting info on Sunscreens and DEET by Michael Kirsch, M.D.

Michael Kirsch, M.D. — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:07:10 +0000

Great post! Good presentation of the controversy. Often, our practices are beyond the evidence.

Comment on Dealing with allergies and travel by Allergic to Travel? | Live Adventurously

Allergic to Travel? | Live Adventurously — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:25:27 +0000

[...] Erik McLaughlin writes the informative Adventure Doc blog. He says that packing both oral and topical antihistamines (something like Benadryl capsules or [...]

Comment on Traveler’s Diarrhea by ER Online

ER Online — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:51:42 +0000

Hey this is a great website!

Comment on Why Swine flu is called “Swine Flu” by connectivetissue

connectivetissue — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:57:02 +0000

Unfortunately, what is little understood by the general public is that the only reason people die from the flu is that they have either an immune suppressing chronic illness, such as diabetes, direct immune dysfunction, dietary deficiencies of critical immune-supporting nutrients, chronic pulmonary disease, heart disease or cancer.

Comment on Why Swine flu is called “Swine Flu” by connectivetissue

connectivetissue — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:56:30 +0000

A number of equally qualified experts are calling for calm, based on a number of carefully conducted studies. To no one’s surprise, they too are being ignored by the media and government planners.

H1N1 can be forcibly inoculated into pigs, but it has been shown not to spread among the pig population. This means that the danger of a swine-based epidemic is small.

There are several strains of this flu virus however, including H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2 and H2N3. What the science has shown is that when the virus passes through the pig, it becomes less virulent—that is, it is less likely to cause serious disease in people. With each passage, it becomes even weaker.

Since this is not the answer that the politicians and mainstream media wanted, they next announced that it is “possible” that the pigs could be infected with both the bird flu (strain H5N1) and the swine flu (strain H1N1), resulting in a mutant, highly virulent strain that could lead to a pandemic.

Note this is pure speculation and that no scientist has ever performed this trick. It is purely hypothetical—like global warming. CDC virologists claim that in the past they performed a similar virological trick, but they never published their results and thus have kept the data close to the vest.

Comment on Great Expedition Medicine Jobs by Alex Hillawi

Alex Hillawi — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:21:18 +0000

Hi looking for a bit of advice and wondering if someone could help? for the last few years i have been serving with the armed forces as a logistics coordinator for a helicopter squadron. This job that has seen me arrange and participate in the deployment of equipment and supplys to many remote corners of the globe. i would very much like to work in the expedition enviroment and was wondering if there are roles in this field i would be suited to. i also have limited first aid skills and knowledge of helicopter operations (casevac underslung loads etc etc) many thanks Alex

Comment on Paul Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine Blog by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:56:26 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on Travel Clinics of America by mymapinfo

mymapinfo — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:38:24 +0000

I know the people that created Travel Clinics of America, http://www.travelclinicsofamerica.com and they are great.

Comment on Antarctic Rescue for Bear Grylls by educlaytion

educlaytion — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:27:41 +0000

Bear Grylls makes Chuck Norris look like Betty Crocker.

Comment on Amazon Promise and Medical Expedition to South America! by vietnamese translator

vietnamese translator — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:53:57 +0000

Im sure this is exciting. Congratulations to those who can go. And bless your hearts for volunteering your time, money and life for this project!

Comment on Help out Indie Travel Podcast win a deserved award! by Steven

Steven — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:37:36 +0000

I voted, now most importantly. I don't think there's a greater health risk right now like the h1n1 swine flu virus, the government isn't telling us everything about this pandemic. It will kill thousands more this fall/winter.

Comment on Chinese Surgery for Elephantiasis by sonam tsomu

sonam tsomu — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:53:25 +0000

hey…
I’m 14 and have varicose vein and elephantiasis in my left leg…!! So my question is can it ever be cured…or come back to normal size?? please do reply as its very shamefull for me to live with this kind of leg!!!

Comment on Plastic Water Bottle Updates by Adventure Doc

Adventure Doc — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:21:17 +0000

Hello and thanks for taking the time to read my site and leave a comment!

The subject of water bottle safety is indeed a hot topic right now. I know that I have personally stopped using plastic water bottles. The availability of stainless steel bottles has helped ease the transition.

The chemical in question is Bisphenol A. The FDA has not issued warnings about this substance, found in plastics like water bottles, food containers etc. However, several other countries have.

With the increasing popularity of stainless bottles, I have changed over and have asked my family to do the same. I hope this helps and if you find any interesting new research please forward it my way!

Thanks again for reading!

Erik

Comment on Plastic Water Bottle Updates by jenny krall

jenny krall — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:22:54 +0000

I’ve just bought 2 Nalgene’s water bottles for my kids and i hear they are no good is this true or not? I need to know before i let them use them they do have a #7 in the symbol on the bottom does this also mean something? Please get back to me i thank you

Comment on Expedition Medicine: July 5th round-up by Medical Fusion Blog » Expedition & Wilderness Medicine on the Adventure Health Clinic Blog

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:21:07 +0000

[...] got a mention on the Adventure Health Clinic Blog this weekend. You can read the full blog entry here [...]