Wilderness medicine

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Equips rescuers and health care professionals to diagnose and treat the full range of emergencies and health problems encountered in the wilderness, from frostbite to infection by marine microbes, includng bites, stings, poisonous plant exposures, animal attacks, and natural disasters. Offers guidelines for pain management, and addresses considerations for persons with chronic medical conditions.

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Title Statements

Full title :Wilderness medicine / [edited by] Paul S. Auerbach.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2007.
Edition:5th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Mosby Elsevier
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2007.

The Physical Object

Description:xix, 2316 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; : 28 cm +

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0323032281, 9780323032285
oclc:ocm65360961
LC Classification:RC88.9.O95
Dewey Decimal:616.9/8

Mountain medicine -- Cold and heat -- Burns, fire, and radiation -- Injuries and medical interventions -- Rescue and survival -- Animals, insects, and zoonoses -- Plants -- Food and water -- Marine medicine -- Travel, environmental hazards, and disasters -- Equipment and special knowledge -- Special populations and considerations -- The wilderness.

Subjects

Alpinisme -- Accidents et blessures DVD-ROM Emergencies Emergency Treatment -- methods Environmental Exposure Environmentally induced diseases Exposition (Toxicologie) leisure activities Loisirs Maladies de l'environnement Medical emergencies Medische hulpverlening Mountaineering accidents Mountaineering injuries Notfallmedizin Outdoor medical emergencies Plein air -- Accidents et blessures recreation Survival Touristikmedizin