outdoor medical emergencies

Contains advice on how to treat wilderness emergencies.

"For people who want to develop their bushcraft skills and survive outdoors, this book provides information for treating injuries and illness while in the wild. It includes tips and information on how to use typical outdoorsman items in case of a medical emergency or survival situation"--Provided by publisher.

Highlights first aid tips and techniques for injuries that could be sustained while in the wilderness from snake bites and broken bones to how to manage a backcountry emergency while waiting for medical assistance. Includes a SBA WFA lesson outline and color photographs.

A guide to first aid for backpackers, providing basic information on assessing a patient's condition, treating shock, fractures and sprains, wounds, stings and bites, heat and cold illnesses, altitude illness, and other illnesses, preparing a first-aid kit, and gathering information to pass on when help arrives.

Presents short stories in which adventurers find themselves on the brink of death from hypothermia, drowning, mountain sickness, avalanche, scurvy, heatstroke, falling, predators, the bends, cerebral malaria, and dehydration.

Presents short stories in which adventurers find themselves on the brink of death from hypothermia, drowning, mountain sickness, avalanche, scurvy, heatstroke, falling, predators, the bends, cerebral malaria, and dehydration.

Outlines the basic principles of health care that should be applied to all outdoor travel; describes major and minor medical problems that might be encountered in the outdoors; discusses disorders related to various wilderness settings; and includes practical information on evacuation, water disinfection, drug injection, and other topics.