The following is a list of symptoms and conditions that signal or constitute a possible Wilderness medical emergency.
Injury and illness
Arthropod bites and stings
Appendicitis (leading to peritonitis folkloric "what if" for long distance sailing)
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
Lyme disease infection
Malaria infection associated with expeditions
Necrotizing Fasciitis
Rabies infection
Salmonella poisoning associated with expeditions
Neurological and Neurosurgical
Subdural hematoma, associated with rockfall, icefall, falls while climbing, glissade crashes with rocks, mountain bike crashes
Altitude sickness
Asphyxia
Drowning
Smoke inhalation (related to Forest fire)
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary edema associated with high altitude (HAPE)
Respiratory Arrest associated with neurotoxic bites
Anaphylaxis associated with stings
Hypovolemic shock (due to hemorrhage) associated with climbing falls, kayak crashes, etc.
Septic shock
List of wilderness medical emergencies Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
