Michael Jacobs, M.D.
Medical Consultant for the Marine Series

• MedSail Founder and Program Director: Safety at Sea and Medicine for Mariners Conferences
• Medical Director, Vineyard Medical Services, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
• USCG Licensed Captain
• Co-Author, A Comprehensive Guide to Marine Medicine
• Author, Survival at Sea, Textbook of Wilderness Medicine
• Coastal and offshore racing and cruising sailor, kayaker

Doug Ritter
Consultant for the Pocket Survival Pak

• Publisher and Editor of Equipped to Survive
• Board Chairman and Executive Director of the Equipped to Survive Foundation
• Leading authority in the areas of survival and survival equipment and supplies
• Has personally interviewed nearly 120 survivors of aviation, marine, and wilderness survival episodes to gain insight into essential survival

Christopher VanTilburg, M.D.
Medical Consultant and Contributor

• Mountain Rescue Volunteer
• Author of seven outdoor first aid and survival books
• Editor-in-Chief for Wilderness Medicine, the official magazine for Wilderness Medical Society
• Contributing Editor Backcountry Magazine
• Contributing Editor Columbia Gorge Magazine
• “Ask Doc Wild” Columnist National Geographic Adventure