Wounds and Injuries
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- eMedicine Health - Finger Dislocation
- Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
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- eMedicine Health - Puncture Wound
- Consumer health resource center providing information on the treatment of puncture wounds.
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- Apex Altitude
- A charity that exists to perform high altitude medical research and educate the public about the topic
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- Family Practice Notebook: High Altitude Sickness
- Outline of symptoms, prevention, and diagnosis for all altitude related illnesses.
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- High-Altitude Medical Guide
- Information on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of altitude illness, as well as other health issues affecting travelers to destinations at altitude.
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- Medex and Medical Expeditions
- Information about and from this research charity dedicated to investigating the mechanisms of altitude related illness. Newsletter archive and planned expedition information.
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- Outdoor Action Guide to High Altitude
- Description of altitude related illnesses, their symptoms and their treatment.
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- Supplemental Oxygen for the General Aviation Pilot
- Article on determining the need for supplemental oxygen at density altitude.
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- eMedicine Health - Mountain Sickness
- Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
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- About Being Normal : Life as a Burn Survivor
- Explores and recounts what it is like to live with burns from childhood to adult as a burn survivor.
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- Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation
- Variety of innovative burn prevention materials. Survivor assistance programs and support group information.
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- American Burn Association
- The ABA is dedicated to: stimulating and sponsoring the study and research in acute care, rehabilitation, and prevention of burns; providing a forum for presentation of knowledge; fostering training opportunities for burn care professionals; and encouraging publications within the burn care field.
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- Burn Awareness
- Treatment of chemical, thermal, and electrical burns. Contains information for families, children, educators and firefighters. Provided by the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
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- Burn Children Recovery Foundation
- Information about the organization which helps teach children about fire prevention, helps support child burn victims, and offers training to protect children from fire. Details about the programs and contacts.