title: Environmental emergencies.
abstract: This article reviews the pearls and pitfalls of high-altitude sickness, decompression sickness, and barotrauma; new findings relevant to the near-drowning patient; continued controversies on hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning; pitfalls in hypothermia management; and updates on the management of venomous snakebites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland General Hospital, Oakland, California, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krishel
mesh_terms: D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000628:therapy; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000628:therapy; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D019550:Environmental Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000628:therapy; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000628:therapy; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000628:therapy