Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities

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James A Wilkerson, M.D.
The Mountaineers Books, Jan 11, 2010 - Health & Fitness - 384 pages

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* The best-selling backcountry medical guide of its kind
* This edition includes new chapters on avalanche injuries, drowning, eye disorders, medical evacuations, and lightning
* Provides expert information on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, plus medications, medical kits, and legal and ethical considerations

Compiled by highly recognized medical professionals in the emergency response and trauma field, the latest edition of Medicine for Mountaineering features fully revised and expanded information to help mountaineers weather storms, animal attacks, injuries, and more. With a new foreword by Buck Tilton and updated essentials on reacting to wilderness accidents, the 6th edition includes new chapters on drowning, avalanche injuries, evacuation procedures, and more.

 

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Contents

Foreword
13
Diagnosis
20
LifeThreatening Problems
31
Psychological Responses to Wilderness Accidents
40
Immunizations
50
Sanitation Arthropod Avoidance and Water Disinfection
61
Rescue and Evacuation
73
Head and Neck Injuries
86
Altitude and Common Medical Conditions
256
Cold Injuries
272
Heat and Solar Injuries
290
Drowning
297
Lightning Injuries
306
Avalanche Injuries
314
Rabies
338
Envenomations
344

Chest Injuries
96
Abdominal Injuries
102
SoftTissue Injuries
123
Burns
132
nonTraumaTic DisorDers
137
environmenTal injuries
237
Medications
358
Therapeutic Procedures
371
Legal and Ethical Considerations
379
Index
388
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Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities
James A. Wilkerson,Ernest Moore,Ken Zafren
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Bibliographic information

TitleMedicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities
EditorJames A Wilkerson, M.D.
ContributorsKen Zafren, M.D., FAAEM, FA, Ernest Moore, M.D., FACS, FCC
Edition6
PublisherThe Mountaineers Books, 2010
ISBN1594853932, 9781594853937
Length384 pages
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Health & Fitness / First Aid
Sports & Recreation / Outdoor Skills
  
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