Latest Wilderness medicine Podcast Episodes
Cryptosporidium - the Ruiner of Your Backcountry Trip
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - May 09, 2024 00:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMost people call it Crypto, and most people will have only mild diarrhea. But don't be mistaken, not only can it ruin a trip, it is very contagious and many people can get it. And some will get very sick. Worse still, It is resistant to chlorine and iodine. Listen and learn how to prevent thi...
Giardia and its Foul Smelling Disease
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - May 05, 2024 19:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIt is estimated that more than 280 million human infections each year are found just in Africa, Asia, and America. In Mexico, the seroprevalence is 53%. Half of all people don't show symptoms. When they do, they stink! Listen and learn about this parasite that is found everywhere.
Wilderness As Medicine
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - May 01, 2024 16:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe have longed talked about wilderness medicine, that is treating people in the outdoors. But what about using the wilderness AS medicine to treat people by using the outdoors as therapy. We start an important concept with this podcast.
Overcoming MS
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - April 22, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsOne year before recording this podcast, Matt was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Instead of canceling his goals, he elevated them with the plan to summit a 4000 m (13,000 foot) mountain. The obstacles are real. Listen to how he's overcoming them.
What Ticks Put in US
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - April 18, 2024 14:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMost people know that ticks can cause disease. And most people have heard of Lyme disease. But there are many more and some are deadly. Listen and learn about the many diseases that ticks put in us.
STARI or LYME
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - April 15, 2024 23:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYou notice a red circular rash on your skin where a tick had bitten you. It must be Lyme disease - right? Think again! While the causative agent is not known, the STARI rash is being seen more and more. So, is it STARI or Lyme? Listen and find out.
Doggie Giardia
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - April 09, 2024 22:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIts fantastic to take your dog outdoors into the wild. But you watch as they swallow water you would not drink. They sniff and eat things you would not touch. And then you wonder if they will get sick? Giardia is everywhere. Do dogs get it?. How do you know if your pet has it? What do you ...
The PFD and Me
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - April 01, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPeople know to where a personal flotation device (PFD) when in and around water. But how can a tiny thing support me? What types of PFD's are there and which ones are the best? Listen to his important podcast about the essentials of the PFD and me.
Case Study: A Tree and a Broken Leg
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - March 25, 2024 23:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsBroken legs are common skiing injuries. But this one was a race against the cold and pain. Life lessons learned come from hindsight. Let's listen and learn how to be better prepared when a great day turns bad.
The Goose's Foot and Other Knee Problems
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - March 25, 2024 01:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsSo many things can cause pain in the knee when we are outside recreating. Trail runners and backpackers frequently feel the strain on their knees for sure. Surpirsingly, some of the problems can be corrected by a simple change to our shoes. Listen and find out about the Gooses's Foot and ot...
Worms in our Body - Pork
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - March 18, 2024 00:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThese worms go back and forth from humans to pigs and back to humans again. They live in human intestines as tape worms, but can find themselves in our muscles, eyes and even our brains. Listen and learn about the crazy life of the pork tapeworm.
On a Slippery Slope - All About Ice Climbing
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - March 08, 2024 19:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsFew people do this beautiful sport but most people know about it. When done safely it is not as extreme a sport as once thought. Listen and learn about the medicine and safety of ice climbing.
Not On Thin Ice
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - March 05, 2024 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIce fishing is one of the most beautiful outdoor sports possible. It has its own unique medical issues that most people don't think about. Listen and learn about fishing on ice - just not on thin ice.
Winter Vomiting Disease - Norovirus
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - February 22, 2024 16:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsA common name for this disease implies it causes illness in the winter time. It actually is called Norovirus and happens all year round. It poses a special risk to backcountry travelers because, it can be spread in the air by vomit and is resistant to hand sanitizers. Listen and learn about t...
Nature Deficit Disorder
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - February 14, 2024 15:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhile not recognized as a true medical diagnosis, its effects are very real. Many people are not going outside and experiencing nature, and this is causing problems, particularly in children. Listen and learn about the growing school of thought that describes nature deficit disorder.
Things that Sting Us - Part 3: Murder Hornets
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - January 30, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsSo they've earned the nickname “the murder hornet,” but really they're known as the Asian giant hornet. Raiding parties of several dozen of these can kill whole hives containing thousands of bees in a few hours! In the last of this series, here is the untold and dramatic story of this new inse...
The Story of WILS Foundation
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - January 26, 2024 22:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn July of 2021 a family suffered the ultimate tragedy when their dad, Wil Lundberg died while riding his electric skate board. For the first time ever, he did not wear a helmet. Turning sadness into hope, his wife created a foundation to encourage people to wear helmets. Listen to this amazi...
Chilling Wind - The Wind Chill Factor
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - January 14, 2024 22:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWe all know the feeling of being colder when the wind blows across our skin, and we have heard of the charts that measure that effect. Listen and learn about the wind chill factor.
Case Study: 359 Foot Fall in the Tetons
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - January 14, 2024 19:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn what is an incredible survival and recovery story, listen as climber Ben Eder recounts his horrific fall in Grand Teton National Park in the United States. Through telling his story, we learn lessons in traumatic brain injury recovery and a new perspective on life.
Things that Sting Us - Part 2: Killer Bees
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - January 02, 2024 16:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTheir demeanor has earned them the terrifying nickname of 'killer bees.' Africanized honey bees are dangerous stinging insects that have been known to chase people for more than a quarter of a mile once they get excited and aggressive. Listen to Dr. Matt Gunderson teach us about another thing ...
We need your help.
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - December 26, 2023 19:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe University of Utah School of Medicine provides free resources for students of wilderness medicine. We are developing a program to help keep children safe in the backcountry. Will you help us make all this possible? Everyone who works for this program does so free of charge. Give by clic...
Wilderness Medicine in the Alps
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - December 13, 2023 23:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHave you ever wanted to see Mt. Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe? Well, the Univeristy of Utah teaches wilderness medicine right there in Chamonix-Mt. Blanc. Take a minute and listen as Dylan Beattie talks about this incredible course in the spectacular mountains of southern France. ...
Let's Wrap it Up - All About Bandages and Dressings
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - December 10, 2023 16:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJust when you thought you knew how to treat a cut or an abrasion! With this, there is definently more than meets the eye. Listen as Dr. Thomas Cartwright enlightens us about how to wrap it up.
Its All About Sitting - The Essentials of Bike Seats
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - December 06, 2023 20:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhen you are done with a ride your bottom hurts. Normally we don't pay much attention to what we sit on, but with bike seats, it is important. They not only cause discomfort, but also having the proper seat helps provide much needed power. Listen as Justin Allen tells us what we need to know...
Burning Eyes in the Outdoors
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - November 28, 2023 16:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEveryone knows to wear dark glasses. But are you wearing the right ones, what are you guarding against, and what are the long term problems of sun hitting our eyes? Do dogs need to wear dark glasses? The answers are not what you think. Listen and find out about your eyes in the outdoors.
in the Snow! Snowboarding
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - November 16, 2023 23:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsBorn in the USA. This incredible and fun sport has its own history and its own set of injuries. Listen and learn about what was originally two sets of skis glued together.
In the Snow! Snowboarding
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - November 16, 2023 23:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsBorn in the USA. This incredible and fun sport has its own history and its own set of injuries. Listen and learn about what was originally two sets of skis glued together.
Update: Another New Vaccine for Wilderness Medicine
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - November 14, 2023 16:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTwo horrible disease are out there when you travel into the wilderness. Now we have vaccines for both. There already is a vaccine for Dengue Fever. Now there is a new vaccine for painful Chikungunya. They once thought these two diseases were the same. So what is the difference between them...
Update: Closing in on Malaria
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - November 03, 2023 20:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIt is not the end of malaria by a long shot, but the second vaccine is coming out. If your wilderness travel takes you into malaria country, then you need to listen to this podcast.
Coming to the USA
Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) - October 22, 2023 18:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJust when you thought it was safe to go outdoors in the USA! So diseases that were thought to exist only in tropical countries or localized in the USA are now spreading. Listen as we talk about three diseases that can affect us as we recreate in the USA.
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