Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 262-269 , September 2011

Wilderness Communications

  • Gordon H. Worley, RN, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Gordon H. Worley, RN, EMT-P, P. O. Box 2011, Loomis, CA 95650-2011

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doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2011.05.001

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 262-269 , September 2011