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Wilderness medicine, providing "vital emergency care in remote settings" 〔ref name= Weiss|A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicine Book|Eric A. Weiss〕 is a rapidly evolving field and is of increasing importance as more people engage in hiking, climbing, kayaking and other potentially hazardous activities in the backcountry.〔"http://emed.stanford.edu/fellowships/wilderness.html|bare url|Wilderness Medicine is a rapidly evolving field that is increasingly important as large numbers of people are involved in outdoor activities for adventure, science, recreation, exploration, industry, combat, and disaster relief"〕 A primary focus of the field is the evaluation, prioritization (triage), preliminary treatment of acute injuries or illnesses which occur in those environments and the emergency evacuation of victims. However, back country rescue and wilderness first aid is not the sole activity of wilderness medical professionals, who are also concerned with many additional topics. These include but are not limited to: * secondary care follow up to first aid in remote settings, such as expeditions * evaluation of experience and issuance of updated protocols for first response and secondary care * the prevention of wilderness medical emergencies, * epidemiological studies, * public policy advisement to wilderness planning agencies, issuance of guidelines to disaster planning agencies,〔"Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy" - Max Mayfield, Director National Hurricane Center|Cited by Weiss〕 professional guides and amateur back country enthusiast organizations.〔Weiss〕 ==Scope of wilderness medicine== Wilderness medicine is a varied sub-speciality, encompassing skills and knowledge from many other specialties. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilderness medicine (practice)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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