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Wilderness Heart Attacks: When There’s No Perfect Choice
by James Hubbard, MD, MPH Many years ago, my wife and I were in Arizona to attend a conference. We had several hours to kill until the first meeting that night, so I decided we’d make a quick trip to...
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Wilderness Heart Attack: Should You Walk or Wait?
by James Hubbard, MD, MPH If you have a heart attack in the wilderness, it’s judgment-call time. In my last post, I talked about the fact that you’ll have to weigh walking for help with waiting for...
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Does Cough CPR Work?
by James Hubbard, MD, MPH Last week I wrote about deciding what to do if you have chest pain far away from expert help. Several comments on that post and on Facebook suggested vigorous and repetitive...
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Can Cayenne Pepper Really Stop a Heart Attack?
by James Hubbard, MD, MPH A couple of weeks ago I wrote about deciding what to do if you have chest pain far away from expert help. As usual my readers contributed some thought provoking comments. Two...
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