To: My children, who will most likely find this post someday as part of a school project looking back at their parent’s social media history. There are many political and social issues that are nuanced, having valid points on both sides, that could rightly be compared to other instances, events, or even movements. Charlottesville isn’t…
Early this morning, I turned on the John Denver station on Pandora to keep me company and inspired as I caught up on life and emails and updated a talk on Wilderness Medicine (WM) I gave to medical students today. Reviewing the slides for this “Overview of WM” took me on a sweet stroll down memory lane into how I landed in this wild niche of…
Whenever I travel, I keep a detailed itinerary on the notepad on my phone. I also use it as a place to jot down thoughts or memories from the experience. Sometimes there’s not a whole lot to write, and I delete the note at the end of the trip. But on some trips, it turns…
Emergency Medicine residency training, an MPH from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and years of practicing medicine in Africa prior to the fall of 2014 prepared long-time Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) member Dr. Craig Spencer, to be part of the international emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014. While we watched the epidemic…
Saturday Morning at 05:00 as the Day Begins… Two years ago, trekking toward base camp, admiring the majestic beauty of the Himalaya, I heard rumbling. When I looked up, I saw an avalanche, far enough away not to wreak havoc that day, but close enough to leave a sobering thought of how everything can change…
The Set Up Last night, settling into my brain-dead exhaustion from an extra long work week, I sat down to catch up on some Netflix TV, finishing up season two of Glee. Spoiler alert if you haven’t watched it and plan to, abort blog post here. I was extra beat at the end of this week, finishing…
Fast and Flat beats those hills It’s been 9 months since I moved out west. Nine months of hilly trail runs, and I still haven’t convinced my mind, lungs and feet that I love running hills. Hiking hills – LOVE IT; in fact, the higher I go, the more likely I am to burst into…
Lacing up to end 2014 and dash into 2015 2014 saw some mileage, but more often in a car (2 cross country road trips) or on a paddle board or in hiking boots, and less often in running shoes than I’d like to say. I almost missed out on one last run of the year before the…
If it wasn’t there before, the past two weeks have brought Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) to the world’s center stage. Index cases from outside of West Africa occurred in Spain and the US. There is now transmission of disease outside of West Africa in exposed Healthcare Workers (HCW).
Ocean breeze, 80’s and sunny, dogs playing in the surf, life doesn’t get any better. It’s all fun and games until someone steps on a Stingray. Or a rattlesnake. In the few short months I’ve been working in California, I’ve seen three patients present to the Emergency Department (ED) with rattlesnake bites – two envenomations. That’s three…
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