Description
For nearly 40 years, Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to First Aid and Medical Emergencies has been the take-along manual of choice for anyone venturing into the mountains, forest, desert, or on water. This essential guide provides highly illustrated, easy-to-follow guidance on immediate stabilization and treatment of persons with virtually any possible medical problem—designed for on-the-spot use when higher-level medical care is not accessible. Written by experts in outdoor medicine, this updated edition helps you manage any situation until medical personnel can take over.- Covers key information on a wide range of disorders related to specific environments, including natural disasters, high-altitude problems, water-related incidents, heat- and cold-related illnesses, and wildland fires.- Provides easy-to-understand recommendations for dealing with animal attacks, venomous wildlife, wild plant and mushroom poisoning, minor and major medical problems, infectious diseases, water disinfection, and severe bleeding.- Discusses key topics, including antibiotics, medicines, opioid overdose treatment, wound closure techniques, severe bleeding, spinal assessment and immobilization, tourniquets, the use of a Gamow bag for severe altitude illness, splinting, dental emergencies, disaster preparedness, global conflict guidelines, canine medicine, today's infectious disease threats, and much more.- Includes up-to-date guidelines, even more helpful illustrations and diagrams, and a new chapter: Patient Assessment: A Structured Approach to Emergencies in the Outdoors.- Includes advanced topics valuable to physicians and expedition medical staff at all levels of training and experience.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: General InformationHow to Use This BookBefore You Go General First Aid PrinciplesPatient Assessment—A Structured Approach to Emergencies in the OutdoorsPART TWO: Major Medical ProblemsAn Approach to the Unconscious VictimChest InjurySerious Lung DisordersChest PainBleedingShockHead InjuryAllergic ReactionSeizureFractures and DislocationsAmputationBurnsInhalation InjuriesAbdominal PainProblems of Ovaries and VaginaDisorders of the Kidneys, Bladder, and ProstateProblems of the Penis and TesticlesEmergency ChildbirthDiabetesStrokeInfectious DiseasesPART THREE: Minor Medical ProblemsGeneral SymptomsHead (Including Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and Mouth)Upper Respiratory DisordersDisorders of the Gastrointestinal TractSkin DisordersMinor Bruises and WoundsMusculoskeletal InjuriesMental Health (Psychiatric) EmergenciesPART FOUR: Disorders Related to Specific EnvironmentsInjuries and Illnesses Due to ColdInjuries and Illnesses Due to HeatWildland FiresHigh Altitude–Related ProblemsSnakebiteInsect and Arthropod BitesLightning Strike, Tornado (Cyclone), Hurricane (Typhoon), Flood,Earthquake, Tidal Wave (Tsunami), Landslide (Mudslide), Volcano, and Snow AvalancheHazardous Aquatic Life and Aquatic InfectionsUnderwater Diving AccidentsDrowningAnimal AttacksWild Plant and Mushroom PoisoningPART FIVE: Miscellaneous InformationOxygen AdministrationWater DisinfectionMotion SicknessJet LagPersonal Safety in an Age of Conflict, Kidnapping, and TerrorismFirst Aid KitsPhysicians AbroadImmunizationsTransport of the Injured VictimGround-to-Air Distress SignalsLost PeopleProceduresDealing With DeathAPPENDICESAppendix One: Commonly Used Drugs (Medications) and DosesAppendix Two: Conversion TablesAppendix Three: Guidelines for Prevention of Diseases Transmitted via Human Blood and Other Bodily FluidsAppendix Four: Commonly Used Applications of the SAM SplintAppendix Five: Emergency Canine MedicineGLOSSARY (INCLUDING ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS)INDEX
