Surf Survival: The Surfer's Health Handbook

Surf Survival: The Surfer's Health Handbook

<B>Three expert physicians/surfers trained in emergency medicine, sports medicine, and family medicine explain everything you need to know to stay safe in the water.</B><BR><BR> Whether you’re a novice or an expert, an SUPer or a bodyboarder, <I>Surf Survival </I>is the only book that every surfer must have in his or her backpack, car, and beach house. This practical handbook explains everything from how to reduce a shoulder dislocation to understanding waves and currents, from how to treat jellyfish stings to how to apply a tourniquet.<BR><BR> Whether you are surfing a crowded beach in California or a remote island in Indonesia, be prepared to handle surfing-related emergencies from hypothermia and drowning to wound care and infections. Topics include:<BR><BR> • Fitness for surfers<BR> • Prevention and rehabilitation of common overuse injuries<BR> • Wilderness first aid<BR> • Surviving the sun<BR> • Surf-travel medicine<BR> • Surviving big surf<BR> • SUP<BR> • Surfer's ear<BR> • And much, much more!<BR><BR> Written by three expert physician surfers, packed with color photos and illustrations, this is the authoritative medical guide for surfers and watermen.