Basic Sciences, Health, Sports - General & Miscellaneous, Environmental Engineering, Outdoor & Adventure Sports, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Environmental Engineering
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Overview
Thoroughly revised, updated and expanded, this critically acclaimed reference prepares you to manage medical emergencies caused by environmental encounters, including injury prevention and respect for natural environments. Included in the text are color illustrations that give the reader a better view of the situation at hand. Packed with how-to explanations and practical, direct advice, it covers emergencies such as envenomations, altitude illness, burns, motion sickness, and problems caused by cold, heat, snakes, sharks, and marine microbes. Includes totally new information on bear attacks, cave rescue, airway and eye emergencies, wilderness clothing, and much more!Editorials
Michael S. Jastremski
Wilderness Medicine is a great book. Its purpose, as stated in the preface to the first edition, is "to provide the clinician with a body of knowledge concerned with the interactions between people and the natural environment." It is an informative, practical, well-written, and richly illustrated book about the practice of medicine in remote locations and extreme environments. Dr Paton's foreword describing the medical and environmental challenges faced by the Lewis and Clark expedition is fascinating.— Journal of American Medical Association
Book Details
Published
March 8, 2001
Publisher
Mosby
Pages
1936
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780323009508