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. |