May 28, 2006

WSU group learns first aid for wilderness

The Wilderness Medicine Student Interest Group at Wayne State provides a venue for future physicians to receive practical advice about how they can care for others or themselves in emergency situations far from the high-tech equipment in hospital emergency rooms. Dr. Marc Rosenthal, an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Wayne State's School of Medicine, says in the backwoods, physicians might face anything from altitude sickness to skin infections, with limited resources or manpower to treat the problem. "One of the most important things in dealing with anything is to know your limits, what you're capable of doing and what you're not capable of doing," Rosenthal says. Wayne State medical student Chris Davis also comments in the story. A photo of WSU medical students Saloni Shah and Loren Gorosh are included.

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