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Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.98
EAN: 9780323032285
Edition: 5th
ISBN: 0323032281
Label: Mosby
Manufacturer: Mosby
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 2316
Publication Date: January 19, 2007
Publisher: Mosby
Studio: Mosby
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Editorial Review:
Manage any medical emergency you encounter in the great outdoors! Every day, more and more people are venturing into the wilderness and extreme environments...and many are unprepared for the dangers that come with these adventures. Whether these victims are stranded on mountain tops, lost in the desert, trapped deep in the woods, or injured far out at sea, this indispensable resource equips rescuers and health care professionals to diagnose and treat the full range of emergencies and health problems encountered in the wilderness!- Prepares you to handle everything from frostbite to infection by marine microbes, not to mention other diverse injuries, bites, stings, poisonous plant exposures, animal attacks, and natural disasters.
- Introduces health care professionals to essential aspects of search and rescue.
- Helps you to improvise using available materials.
- Presents brand-new guidance on volcanic eruptions, extreme sports, splints and slings, wilderness cardiology, living off the land, aerospace medicine, mental health in the wilderness, tactical combat casualty care, and much more.
- Discusses how to meet the needs of specific patient populations such as children, women, elders, and the disabled.
- Offers guidelines for pain management, and addresses considerations for persons with chronic medical conditions.
- Equips you to make smart decisions about gear, navigation, nutrition, and survival.
- Moves all bibliographical references onto a bonus DVD in order to fit more content inside the book without making it too unwieldy.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The definative source for wildernss medicine
Doctors have a hard enough time looking for the definative source for information that is current and accurate. Dr. Auerbach, founder of Wilderness Medical Society, has updated this tome with a cast of experts from across the globe, in fields that range from water disinfection to acute mountain sickness. The detailed and well-referenced chapters are clear and informative, giving both practical field-based treatment as well as care follow up care for the ER and primary care provider. It is equally ... Read More
Rating:  - Great tome of valuable information
This is a great technical manual for managing wilderness emergencies for professionals. A more complete text, I have yet to see.
Rating: - A great post disaster resource
This is the BEST single reference work for how to provide medical care for yourself and your family in the absence of a functioning health care system - which is what will exist after a massive earthquake, hurricane or pandemic. It was written as a wilderness guide but it is also a superb post disaster guide - when we we all be in the medical wilderness.
Rating: - New edition is even better
It is no surprise that the Fifth Edition of this unique medical reference is better than ever. For those who are new to this authoritative tome, you will immediately notice how well it is organized to help those in an emergency effectively find the answers they need. The chapters cover Mountain Medicine, Cold and Heat, Burns, Fire and Radiation, Rescue and Survival, Injuries and Medical Intervention, Animals Insects and Zoonoses, Plants, Food and Water, Marine Medicine, Travel and Environmental Hazards, ... Read More
Rating: - The PDR for wilderness injuries & related illnesses
Foregoing knowledge of the existance of this text was unkown, until it was needed in an emergent situation on site. At that time a stingray injury required our immediate attention. With no previous experience in this kind of injury, the book provided immediate no frills information on treatment, backup care and procedures. After this experience, I carefully examined the text at length and was amazed at the comprehensive nature of the topic that was covered. I would recommend this text to be present in ... Read More
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