List of wilderness medical emergencies

The following is a list of symptoms and conditions that signal or constitute a possible wilderness medical emergency.

Injury and illnesses

 * Arthropod bites and stings
 * Appendicitis (leading to peritonitis)
 * Ballistic trauma (gunshot wound when hunting)
 * Eye injuries (such as from branches)
 * Flail chest associated with ice climbing and snowclimbing falls
 * Hyperthermia (heat stroke or sunstroke)
 * Malignant hyperthermia
 * Hypothermia
 * Frostbite
 * Poisoning
 * Food poisoning associated with warm weather expeditions
 * Venomous animal bite
 * Botanical from mushrooms or "wild greens""
 * Severe burn (forest fire)
 * Spreading wound infection
 * Suspected spinal injury from falls, falling rock, ice
 * Traumatic brain injury from falls, falling rock, ice

Infections

 * Lyme disease
 * Malaria
 * Necrotizing fasciitis
 * Rabies
 * Salmonella

Neurologic

 * Subdural hematoma, associated with rockfall, icefall, falls while climbing, glissade crashes with rocks, mountain bike crashes

Respiratory

 * Altitude sickness
 * Asphyxia
 * Drowning
 * Smoke inhalation (related to Forest fire)
 * Pneumothorax
 * Pulmonary edema associated with high altitude (HAPE)
 * Respiratory Arrest associated with neurotoxic bites

Shock

 * Anaphylaxis associated with stings
 * Hypovolemic shock (due to hemorrhage) associated with climbing falls, kayak crashes, etc.
 * Septic shock