Backcountry Travel Emergencies in Arctic Canada: A Pilot Study in Public Health Surveillance

Residents in the Canadian Arctic regularly travel in remote, backcountry areas. This can pose risks for injuries and death, and create challenges for emergency responders and health systems. We aimed to describe the extent and characteristics of media-reported backcountry travel emergencies in two N...

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Published in:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Main Authors: Young, Stephanie K., Tabish, Taha B., Pollock, Nathaniel J., Young, T. Kue
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2016
Subjects:
Brief Report
Arctic
Canada
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808939/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950137
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13030276
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4808939 2023-05-15T14:47:51+02:00 Backcountry Travel Emergencies in Arctic Canada: A Pilot Study in Public Health Surveillance Young, Stephanie K. Tabish, Taha B. Pollock, Nathaniel J. Young, T. Kue 2016-03-03 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808939/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950137 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13030276 en eng MDPI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808939/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950137 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13030276 © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). CC-BY Brief Report Text 2016 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13030276 2016-04-10T00:12:29Z Residents in the Canadian Arctic regularly travel in remote, backcountry areas. This can pose risks for injuries and death, and create challenges for emergency responders and health systems. We aimed to describe the extent and characteristics of media-reported backcountry travel emergencies in two Northern Canadian territories (Nunavut and Northwest Territories). A case-series of all known incidents between 2004 and 2013 was established by identifying events in an online search of two media outlets, Nunatsiaq News and Northern News Services. We identified 121 incidents; these most commonly involved young men, and death occurred in just over 25% of cases. The territories differed in the seasonal patterns. News media provides a partial source of data to estimate the extent and characteristics of backcountry emergencies. This information is needed to improve emergency preparedness and health system responsiveness in the Arctic. Text Arctic Northwest Territories Nunavut PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Canada Northwest Territories Nunavut International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13 3 276
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Backcountry Travel Emergencies in Arctic Canada: A Pilot Study in Public Health Surveillance
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