List of wilderness medical emergencies

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The following is a list of symptoms and conditions that signal or constitute a possible wilderness medical emergency.

## Contents

* 1 Injury and illnesses
* 2 Infections
* 3 Neurologic
* 4 Respiratory
* 5 Shock
* 6 References

## Injury and illnesses

* Arthropod bites and stings
* Appendicitis (leading to peritonitis)
* Ballistic trauma (gunshot wound when hunting)
* Eye injuries (such as from branches)
* Flail chest associated with ice climbing and snowclimbing falls
* Hyperthermia (heat stroke or sunstroke)
* Malignant hyperthermia
* Hypothermia
* Frostbite
* Poisoning
* Food poisoning associated with warm weather expeditions
* Venomous animal bite
* Botanical from mushrooms or "wild greens""
* Severe burn (forest fire)
* Spreading wound infection
* Suspected spinal injury from falls, falling rock, ice
* Traumatic brain injury from falls, falling rock, ice

## Infections

* Lyme disease
* Malaria
* Necrotizing fasciitis
* Rabies
* Salmonella

## Neurologic

* Subdural hematoma, associated with rockfall, icefall, falls while climbing, glissade crashes with rocks, mountain bike crashes

## Respiratory

* Altitude sickness
* Asphyxia
* Drowning
* Smoke inhalation (related to Forest fire)
* Pneumothorax
* Pulmonary edema associated with high altitude (HAPE)
* Respiratory Arrest associated with neurotoxic bites

## Shock

* Anaphylaxis associated with stings
* Hypovolemic shock (due to hemorrhage) associated with climbing falls, kayak crashes, etc.
* Septic shock

## References

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