Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature

Christopher Van Tilburg, MD is an emergency room physician, ski patrol doctor, emergency wilderness physician, and member of the Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue team in the country. W…

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