BOOKS, PODCASTS, AND MORE!
On this page, you will find fun and educational books, podcasts, webinars, grand rounds, and more on topics that discuss wilderness medicine, rescue, and survival.
If you know of a resource that would suit this page, please contact programdirector@cawm.ca!
UBC Dept of Emergency Medicine - Provincial Grand Rounds
Title: Search and Rescue Medicine: Lessons Learned Practicing Medicine with a Helmet On
Speaker: Dr. Alex Ritchie
Date: February 10, 2021
British Columbia's Knowledge Network
Title: Search and Rescue: North Shore
Mini TV Series
https://www.knowledge.ca/program/search-and-rescue-north-shore
University of Toronto - Aerospace medicine Rounds
Title: Rural and Remote Anesthesia
Speaker: Dr. Beverley Orser
Date: December 5, 2023
University of Toronto - Aerospace medicine Rounds
Title: From Call to Delivery
Speaker: Paul Tourigny (STARS Air Ambulance)
Date: November 7, 2023
University of Calgary - EM Grand Rounds
Title: From Door to Debridement: Using POCUS to aid in the diagnosis of Necrotizing Fasciitis in the ER
Speaker: Dr. Hannah Duyvewaardt
Date: January 20, 2022
University of Calgary - EM Grand Rounds
Title: Hyperbaric Medicine - An Overview
Speakers: Jim Chen and Darlene Durand
Date: June 9, 2022
REAL SURVIVAL STORIES
This podcast brings you extraordinary stories of Wilderness Survival!
Hosted by John Hopkins. New episodes every Thursday. Listen for free on Apple, Spotify, Podbean, or wherever you get your podcasts.
RONIN RESCUE CAST
The Ronin Team is comprised primarily of current or former Canadian military and emergency services personnel. Ronin staff have performed rescues in some of the worst conditions imaginable. They have seen the negative side of accidents and incidents knowing full well that with proper communication, procedure and training the majority of them are preventable. The RescueCast Podcast is to talk about procedures, issues in the rescue industry and other items of interest to the rescue community.
Check out Episode 90 with CAWM Member - Scott! Subscribe to SoundCloud for more episodes.
CRITICAL LEVELS
Critical Levels is a podcast dedicated to having critical conversations in paramedicine created for paramedics, by paramedics, with a Canadian and local bias.
Check out Episode 36 with CAWM Board Member - Matthew Smith!
THE WILDERNESS MEDIC
Hosted by Dr. Daniel Grace.
THE FROZEN DOC
Hosted by Dr. Eric Contant.
Check out his podcast on Spotify!
BMJ TALK MEDICINE
Episode #388 with Canadian Olympian and Sports Medicine Physician Dr. Jane Thornton
In this episode, Dr Thornton discusses:
· Why physical activity is the single best thing we can do for our health
· The evidence for physical activity prescription in primary care
· The shared decision making of how to prescribe physical activity to patients
· How to talk about physical activity intensity with patients
INTO THIN AIR
By Jon Krakauer
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster is a 1997 bestselling nonfiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It details Krakauer's experience in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, in which eight climbers were killed and several others were stranded by a storm.
ADRIFT: 76 DAYS LOST AT SEA
By Steven Callahan
Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost At Sea is a 1986 memoir by Steven Callahan about his survival alone in a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean, which lasted 76 days.
INTO THE WILD
By Jon Krakauer
Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It is an expansion of a 9,000-word article by Krakauer on Chris McCandless titled "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside Magazine.
TOUCHING THE VOID
By Joe Simpson
Touching the Void is a 1988 book by Joe Simpson, recounting his and Simon Yates's near fatal descent after climbing the 6,344-metre (20,814 ft) peak Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. Approximately 15% of the book is written by Yates. It has sold over a million copies and has been translated into over 20 languages.
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
By Aron Ralston
Between a Rock and a Hard Place is a 2004 autobiographical book by American mountain climber Aron Ralston. It details an incident that occurred in 2003 when Ralston was canyoneering in Bluejohn Canyon in the Utah desert, where he became trapped for five days.
IN HARM'S WAY: THE SINKING OF THE U.S.S INDIANAPOLIS AND THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF ITS SURVIVORS
By Doug Stanton
A harrowing, adrenaline-charged account of America's worst naval disaster — and of the heroism of the men who, against all odds, survived. Interweaving the stories of survivors, Doug Stanton has brought this astonishing human drama to life in a narrative that is at once immediate and timeless. The definitive account of a little-known chapter in World War II history, In Harm's Way is destined to become a classic tale of war, survival, and extraordinary courage.
438 DAYS: AN EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL AT SEA
By Jonathan Franklin
On November 17, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip. A vicious storm killed his engine and the current dragged his boat out to sea. The storm picked up and blasted him west. When he washed ashore on January 29, 2014, he had arrived in the Marshall Islands, 9,000 miles away.
438 Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history—as told to journalist Jonathan Franklin in dozens of exclusive interviews.
IF I LIVE UNTIL MORNING
By Jean Muenchrath
After skiing 200 miles along California's John Muir Trail, Jean faces death from a mountaineering accident on Mount Whitney. Broken and bleeding on the highest peak in the continental United States, she vows to realize her greatest dreams if she lives until morning. Her escape from the Sierra Nevada Mountains turns into a five-day ordeal for survival.
LOST ON PURPOSE: ADVENTURES OF A 21ST CENTURY MOUNTAIN MAN
By Patrick Taylor
Lost on Purpose is the non-fiction adventure narrative of a former technology executive who took leave of the Real World to reinvent himself as a 21st century mountain man. In October/November 2013, Patrick Taylor crossed the Rocky Mountains alone on foot. He passed through one of the largest wilderness areas in the Lower 48 to reach and retrace the route of Lewis & Clark in the winter. The sacrifices – vocationally, financially, emotionally – are measured against the benefits by the author in a refreshingly honest, humorous, and inspirational fashion.
