Robert Gorski, MD is a Board Certified Emergency Medicine physician based in New York City offering medical support for remote travel and expeditions. He is available on location or for consultation. Please contact him for more information. robgorski@gmail.comrobgorskimd.comtwitterflickrTumblr (3.0; @expeditionmedicine)http://expedician.com/<p>You’re travelling someplace far from civilized medical care.  I can bring it to you.  Available for medical support on location anywhere in the world or via consultation from New York City.</p> <p>robgorski@gmail.com</p> <p>Local anesthesia, regional anesthesia, conscious sedation, advanced cardiac life support, arthrocentesis, transurethral and suprapubic bladder catheterization, caesarean section, cardiac defibrillation, open cardiac massage, transvenous pacemaker placement, cardioversion, central venous access, cricothyrotomy, culdocentesis, newborn delivery, electrocardiogram interpretation, oral/nasal endotracheal intubation, escharotomy, foreign body removal, fracture and dislocation reduction and immobilization, heimlich maneuver, incision and drainage of abscesses, intracardiac injection, lab interpretation, direct and indirect laryngoscopy, nail trephination, nail removal, anterior and posterior nasal packing, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, pericardiocentesis, peritoneal lavage, manual and mechanical respirator utilization, perimortem skull trephination, slit lamp examination, spinal immobilization, thoracentesis, thoracostomy tube drainage, open thoracotomy, performance and interpretation of ultrasonographic examination, wound repair and debridement, wound dressing, diagnosis and treatment of all emergent medical conditions including stroke, myocardial infarction, appendicitis, pneumonia, high altitude pulmonary edema, high altitude cerebral edema, envenomation, anaphylactic shock, cardiogenic shock, septic shock, neurogenic shock, cold related injuries, heat related injuries, diabetic ketoacidosis, ectopic pregnancy, misscarriage, arrhythmia, poisonings, renal colic, testicular torsion, laceration repair, complex suture placement, exertion-related electrolyte derangements, administration of clot lysing medication.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256561125http://expedician.com/post/256561125Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:29:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktng7rpqeV1qat9wro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Savoogna, Alaska.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256552844http://expedician.com/post/256552844Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:21:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktng2pOhNV1qat9wro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>High Sierra.  Yosemite National Park.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256549353http://expedician.com/post/256549353Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:18:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnfs90dXx1qat9wro1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Malibu.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256542086http://expedician.com/post/256542086Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:12:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnfsv6A3B1qat9wro1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pacific Ocean, Patagonia.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256542522http://expedician.com/post/256542522Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:12:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktne8rS2Uj1qat9wro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>John Muir Wilderness.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256504872http://expedician.com/post/256504872Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:38:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktndic5Pi21qat9wro1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Headwaters of the Tuolumne River<i>.</i></p>http://expedician.com/post/256486553http://expedician.com/post/256486553Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:23:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktndhcbR6U1qat9wro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bear country.  Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256485783http://expedician.com/post/256485783Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:22:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktndgdN8bi1qat9wro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lantang Region, Nepal.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256485088http://expedician.com/post/256485088Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:21:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnc2bOcpa1qat9wro1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Torres Del Paine.  Patagonia.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256450233http://expedician.com/post/256450233Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:16:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktnciwPeDf1qat9wro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rockaway Beach, Queens.</p>http://expedician.com/post/256461691http://expedician.com/post/256461691Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:01:00 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlay8502y1qat9wro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>All is quite on Lake Superior.  Isle Royale National Park.</p>http://expedician.com/post/254996622http://expedician.com/post/254996622Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:32:00 -0500