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.
Wilderness & Travel Medicine Book
4th Edition of this 224 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.
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