A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel
Medicine
 By
Eric A. Weiss, M.D. The most up-to-date information on wilderness
& travel medicine. Includes: “Weiss Advice” improvised
techniques; ”When to Worry” tips; 97 illustrations, recommended
prescription medications; medical supplies for extended expeditions;
and information on how to use the components in your Adventure Medical
Kit.
3rd Edition of this 190 paged, Pocket-Sized book that
goes far beyond traditional first aid and embraces a new philosophy
in wilderness medicine education. It brings to fruition a juxtaposition
of more that 10 years of research, clinical experience, and teaching
into a powerful guide for those who travel far from modern civilization.
Revolutionary advances in emergency medicine knowledge,
techniques, and equipment, as well as a new standard of first-aid
practice, permeate the text and provide the foundation for lay people
to provide vital emergency care in remote settings.
The information found in these pages is intended to
help you manage medical emergencies in remote environments, when
professional medical care or rescue is not readily available.
Includes information and illustrations on:
• Gunshot Wounds and Arrow Injuries
Includes vital information on gun shot wounds, arrow injuries and
treating complications such as tension pneumothorax, sucking chest
wounds, shock, stabilizing an impaled arrow and controlling bleeding.
• Wound Cleaning and Closure
(Including glueing wounds closed)
• Fish Hook Removal
• Over 75 Illustrations
• “Weiss Advice” Improvised techniques on
what to do when you don’t have what you need.
• “When to Worry” and get professional medical
help.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR--ERIC A. WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.: is the Associate
Director of Trauma and an emergency physician at Stanford University
Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. He is an Assistant Professor
of Emergency Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Weiss is on the Board of Directors of the Wilderness Medical
Society (WMS), and serves as a medical consultant to The National
Geographic Society, Army Special Forces and The American Red Cross.
He is a medical editor for Backpacker Magazine. Dr. Weiss was the
Senior Medical Officer at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the expedition
physician for The National Geographic Society in the jungles of
Belize. As a medical officer for the Himalayan Rescue Association
in Nepal, he has provided medical care to thousands of trekkers
and climbers at a high altitude clinic near Everest base camp.
(This book is included in some of our kits such
as the 10 Essential Leaders RT Kit.)
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