Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine E-Book

Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine E-Book

<p><b><i>Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine</i></b> - based on Dr. Auerbach€s critically acclaimed text <i>Wilderness Medicine</i> - offers <b>fast-access solutions</b> to all of the <b>medical situations</b> that can occur in <b>non-traditional settings</b>. From backpack to kayak, or on any mobile device, this <b>indispensable, compact survival guide</b> is detailed enough to cover the clinical presentation and treatment of a <b>full range of wilderness emergencies!</p></b><ul><li><b>Meet a full-range of emergency situations with the utmost effectiveness</b>. Appendices address everything from environment-specific situations to lists of essential supplies, medicines, and many additional topics of care. </li><li><b>Compare what you are seeing with line drawings and color plates</b> to quickly and accurately identify skin manifestations, plants, poisonous mushrooms, snakes, spiders, insects, etc.</li><li><b>Rapidly retrieve and comprehend wilderness survival information</b> with the aid of an easily accessible format featuring "Signs and Symptoms" and "Treatment" sections in most chapters - combined with bulleted lists and text boxes.</li></ul><ul><li><b>Improvise with available materials so you can diagnose and treat a myriad of medical situations</b> with step-by-step how-to explanations and the latest practical advice from wilderness medicine experts. </li><li><b>Get guidance on the go </b>with online access to the fully searchable text at <b>Expert Consult</b>, plus bonus downloadable files for Survival Kits. </li><li><b>Get the wilderness medicine skills you need now</b> with new chapters on foot problems and care, global humanitarian relief and disaster medicine, Leave No Trace principles, and high-altitude medicine, as well as lists to prepare a variety of survival kits for different settings and patient populations.</li><li><b>Improve your competency and readiness</b> with thoroughly revised chapters on shock, maxillofacial trauma, malaria, improvised litters and carries, aeromedical transport, pain management, life-threatening emergencies, and allergic reactions.</li></ul>