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devices are marketed in response to perceived risk or benefit with no scientific
support. You might remember the cattle prod re-packaged as an electric shock
treatment for snakebite.
Good science must then be filtered through your own experience. In
wilderness rescue, the real experts are the people doing the work. No amount of
marketing can overcome the real-world experience of failure or success in the
field.
Author Bio:
Jeffrey Isaac is a physician assistant practicing in Crested Butte, Colorado, and
president of Crested Butte Search and Rescue. He is a lead instructor in
wilderness and rescue medicine with Wilderness Medical Associates and
MedicalOfficer.Net.
References and Links
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic698.htm
ii
Hamilton RS and Pons PT. The efficacy and comfort of full-body vacuum splints for
cervical-spine immobilization. J Emerg Med 14(5): 553-559.
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www.wildmed.com/field_protocols/field_pros_intro.html#top
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