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MEDICAL SUITABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS
FOR WILDERNESS VENTURES
©
:
Blair Dillard Erb, MD
The Study Center
Jackson, Tennessee
Past President, Wilderness Medical Society
PURPOSE: To provide a basis for constructing medical assessment of individuals
considering
wilderness
ventures.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Following this presentation, participants will be better able:
1)
To classify wilderness ventures by demands.
2)
To classify participants according to medical and functional capacity.
3)
To identify components of a medical examination.
4)
To provide the basis for the design of a medical examination according to
venture demands.
© 2005 The Study Center. All rights reserved.
