Field guide to wilderness medicine [electronic resource] / Paul S. Auerbach, Howard J. Donner, Eric A. Weiss.

Auerbach and other wilderness medicine experts offer advice on prevention and first aid for situations ranging from avalanches to injured animals. The guide includes information on search and rescue, resources, sample survival kits, and color photos of poisonous animals and plants, infections, and i...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Main Author: Auerbach, Paul S.
Other Authors: Donner, Howard J., Weiss, Eric A. (Professor of emergency medicine)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Mosby/Elsevier, ©2008.
Edition:3rd ed.
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505 0 |a High-altitude medicine -- Avalanche safety and rescue -- Hypothermia -- Frostbite and trench foot -- Heat illness -- Wildland fires -- Burns and smoke inhalation -- Solar radiation and photoprotection -- Lightning injury -- Emergency airway management -- Emergency oxygen administration -- Trauma emergencies: assessment and stabilization -- Shock -- Head injury -- Chest trauma -- Intraabdominal injury -- Maxillofacial trauma -- Orthopedic injury, splints, and slings -- Firearm and arrow injuries / fishhook injury -- Wounds (lacerations and abrasions) and dressings -- Sprains and strains -- Blisters and hot spots -- Bandaging and taping techniques -- Pain management -- Life-threatening emergencies (rescue breathing/CPR/choking) -- Allergic reaction -- Cardiopulmonary emergencies -- Neurologic emergencies -- Diabetic emergencies -- Genitourinary tract disorders -- Gynecologic and obstetric emergencies -- Wilderness eye emergencies -- Ear, nose, and throat emergencies -- Dental emergencies -- Mental health -- Snake and other reptile bites -- Bites and stings from arthropods and mosquitoes -- Protection from blood-feeding arthropods -- Toxic plant ingestions -- Mushroom toxicity -- Animal attacks -- Zoonoses -- Diarrhea and constipation -- Field water disinfection -- Hydration and dehydration -- Malaria -- Travel-acquired illnesses -- Immunizations for travel -- Cold water immersion and near drowning -- Scuba diving related disorders -- Injuries from nonvenomous aquatic animals -- Envenomation by marine life -- Seafood toxidromes -- Aquatic skin disorders -- Search and rescue -- Improvised litters and carries -- Aeromedical transport -- Survival -- Knots -- Wilderness medical kits -- Children in the wilderness -- Emergency veterinary medicine. 
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