Wilderness and Rescue Medicine 7th Edition Jeffrey Isaac, PA-C and David E. Johnson, MD

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Chapter 32 Review: The Expedition Medical Officer

• The more you can anticipate and address problems before a crisis develops, the more time you will have to deal with the unexpected issues that inevitably arise. • You should also be intimately familiar with the equipment and medication you carry. • Pre-trip screening discussions with clients and their medical advisors have also become a normal and expected part of the job. • Between your expertise in backcountry travel and wilderness medicine and the physician’s clinical experience and knowledge of the patient, you should be able to assess the risk involved in the trip being contemplated. • “Cleared by the doctor” is just useful information, not a dictum that you must live by.