Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities-- Over 180,000 copies of previous editions sold! -- Includes a new chapter on common medical disorders at altitude, by Peter Hackett, Tom Hornbein, and Brownie Shoene -- Offers more thorough coverage than basic first-aid manuals A classic since 196 |
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Basic Medical Care and Evacuation | 17 |
Special Problems | 28 |
Psychologic Responses to Accidents | 49 |
Traumatic and Nontraumatic Disorders | 67 |
Fractures and Related Injuries | 77 |
Burns | 101 |
Respiratory Disorders | 117 |
Head and Neck Injuries | 179 |
Eye Ear Nose and Throat Disorders | 186 |
Genitourinary Disorders | 197 |
Altitude and Common Medical Conditions | 240 |
Cold Injuries | 259 |
Heat and Solar Injuries | 278 |
Animal Bites and Stings | 286 |
Medications | 310 |
Common terms and phrases
abdominal abnormal acclimatization acetaminophen acetazolamide acute acute mountain sickness administered airway allergic altitude analgesics antibiotics antivenom artery aspirin bacteria bandage bite bleeding blood pressure blood vessels body brain breathing burns cardiac cause cephalosporin chest ciprofloxacin codeine cold common coronary death dehydration develop diarrhea disease disorders Dose drugs edema effective evacuation feet fever fluid fractures gastrointestinal HAPE heart heat loss hemorrhage hepatitis high altitude hypothermia hypoxia ibuprofen illness immune increase individuals infection injuries intestine intravenous iodine lung mild mountain muscle normal obstruction occur orally organisms oxygen pain particularly patient penicillin percent person physician prevent problems produce pulmonary pulmonary edema pulmonary embolism rabies rarely reactions reduce respiratory result rewarming risk sea level severe shock signs skin sleep snake splint swelling symptoms temperature therapy tion tissues traveler's diarrhea treated treatment tube ulcer urinary urinary bladder urine usually vaccine vomiting water disinfection wilderness wound