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Medical Incidents and Evacuations on Wilderness Expeditions Scott E. McIntosh, MD, Drew Leemon, Joshua Visitacion, Tod Schimelpfenig, David Fosnocht, MD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 298-304 (December 2007) DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-OR-093R1.1 Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure Rates of medical incidents and evacuations on NOLS courses from 1985 through 2005. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2007 18, 298-304DOI: (10.1580/07-WEME-OR-093R1.1) Copyright © 2007 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions