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RECORD NUMBER: 3045 OF 3075Main Title | Wilderness medicine / | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Mosby Elsevier, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2007 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 65360961 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0323032281; 9780323032285 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Outdoor medical emergencies ; Mountaineering injuries ; Environmentally induced diseases ; Notfallmedizin ; Touristikmedizin ; èUberlebenstraining ; Recreation ; Emergency Treatment--methods ; Environmental Exposure ; Survival ; Woeste gronden ; Medische hulpverlening | |||||||||||
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Edition | 5th ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xix, 2316 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | 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. 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. |