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| T W HeggieSummaryAffiliation: University of North Dakota Country: USA Publications
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Search and rescue trends and the emergency medical service workload in Utah's National ParksTravis W Heggie
Recreation and Leisure Services Program, University of North Dakota, 225 Centennial Drive, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
Wilderness Environ Med 19:164-71. 2008..To identify the emergency medical service (EMS) workload and trends associated with search and rescue (SAR) operations in Utah's National Park Service (NPS) units...
Search and rescue trends associated with recreational travel in US national parksTravis W Heggie
Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
J Travel Med 16:23-7. 2009..Unfortunately, negative health experiences can and do occur during travel in national parks. This study investigated search and rescue (SAR) trends associated with recreational travel in US National Park Service (NPS) units...
Geotourism and volcanoes: health hazards facing tourists at volcanic and geothermal destinationsTravis W Heggie
University of North Dakota, Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
Travel Med Infect Dis 7:257-61. 2009..It also reviews the negative health impacts of tephra and ash, lava flows, landslides, and mudflows. Finally, future research striving to quantify the health risks facing volcano tourists is recommended...
Paediatric and adolescent sport injury in the wildernessT W Heggie
Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202 7116, USA
Br J Sports Med 44:50-5. 2010..Future studies addressing the challenges of establishing numerator data linked to suitable denominator data and monitoring injured and non-injured children and adolescents in the wilderness are recommended...
Dead men walking: search and rescue in US National ParksTravis W Heggie
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
Wilderness Environ Med 20:244-9. 2009..To identify search and rescue (SAR) trends in US National Park Service (NPS) units...
Traveling to Canada for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic GamesTravis W Heggie
University of North Dakota, Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
Travel Med Infect Dis 7:207-11. 2009....
Saving tourists: the status of emergency medical services in California's National ParksTravis W Heggie
Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, University of North Dakota, University Mail Stop 7116, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
Travel Med Infect Dis 7:19-24. 2009..This study examines the EMS workload, EMS transportation methods, EMS funding, and EMS provider status in California's National Park Service units...
Recreational travel fatalities in US national parksTravis W Heggie
Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
J Travel Med 15:404-11. 2008..This study investigates the distribution of visitor fatalities in US National Park Service (NPS) units and identifies the predeath activities and contributing factors associated with them...
Search and rescue in Alaska's national parksTravis W Heggie
University of North Dakota, Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, 225 Centennial Drive, Mail Stop 7116, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
Travel Med Infect Dis 6:355-61. 2008..In order to increase our understanding of the activities and situations which lead to wilderness search and rescue incidents, this study examines search and rescue operations from National Park Service units in Alaska...
Swimming with death: Naegleria fowleri infections in recreational watersTravis W Heggie
Recreation and Tourism Studies Program, University of North Dakota, University Mail Stop 7116, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA
Travel Med Infect Dis 8:201-6. 2010..With the intent of creating awareness among travel medicine practitioners and the tourism industry, this review focuses on the presenting features of N. fowleri and PAM and offers insight into the prevention and treatment of the disease...
