Wilderness medicine: beyond first aid

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With help just a quick 911 phone call away, it's hard to imagine the consequences of experiencing an emergency in remte lands. Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid is a comprehensive text for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of wilderness emergencies.

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Title Statements

Full title :Wilderness medicine : beyond first aid / William W. Forgey.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:c2012.
Edition:6th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):FalconGuides
Place of Publication:Guilford, Conn
Language:eng
Publication Date:c2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 272 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780762791187, 0762791187
oclc:on1253441523
LC Classification:RC88.9.H55
Dewey Decimal:616.02/52

Mental Preparation -- Physical Preparation -- The Wilderness Expedition Medical Kit -- Improvisation -- ch. 1 Assessment and Stabilization -- Assessment and Care -- Initial Assessment -- Survey the Scene -- Check the Airway and Breathing Check Circulation -- Check Severe Bleeding Check the Cervical Spine -- Focused Assessment -- The Physical Exam -- Vital Signs -- Level of Responsiveness -- Pulse -- Respirations Skin Signs -- Blood Pressure -- Temperature -- Medical History and Physical Examination -- Head -- Chest -- Abdomen -- Back -- Pelvis/Hip Legs -- Shoulders and Arms -- Shock -- Difficult Respirations -- Foreign Body Airway Obstruction -- Adult One-Rescuer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) -- Adult Two-Rescuer CPR -- Rapid Breathing -- Cardiac Evaluation and Care -- Heart Attack---Myocardial Infarction -- Rapid Heart Rate -- Tachycardia -- Slow Heart Rate -- Bradycardia -- ch. 2 Body System Symptoms and Management -- Symptom Management.

Contents note continued: Fever/Chills -- Lethary -- Pain -- Itch -- Hiccups Headache -- Eye -- Eye Patch and Bandaging Techniques -- Foreign Body Eye Injury -- Contact Lenses -- Eye Abrasion -- Snow Blindness or Ultraviolet Eye Injury -- …

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Alpinisme -- Accidents et blessures Backpacking injuries First Aid First aid in illness and injury HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine MEDICAL -- Diseases MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine Mountaineering Mountaineering accidents Mountaineering injuries Premiers soins Randonnée sac au dos -- Accidents et bl… Wilderness Medicine -- methods Wounds and Injuries -- therapy