Pocket first aid and wilderness medicine
Cicerone mini-guide
Cicerone mini-guide.
Diagram : the skeleton -- Diagram : the internal organs -- Abbreviations and conversion tables -- Preface -- Read this! -- fundamentals -- Prevention -- Preparation -- Keeping healthy -- Safety in extreme climates -- Particular situations -- Care of local people -- Positioning and moving a victim -- Positioning a victim -- Immobilization techniques -- Ways to move a victim -- Medications - what you need to know -- basics -- Special considerations -- At altitude -- Accident and illness procedure -- Accident and illness procedure summary -- Primary survey - dealing with life-threatening emergencies -- Response -- Airway -- Breathing -- CPR or chest compressions -- Primary survey for specific life-threatening situations -- Suspected spinal injuries -- LIfe-threatening bleeding -- Choking (blocked airway) -- Drowning -- Hypothermic victim -- Primary survey for children -- Fainting -- Triage --
Shock management -- Common causes of shock -- Symptoms and signs of shock -- Shock prevention and management -- Secondary survey - working out what the problem is -- Taking a medical history -- Carrying out a physical examination -- Checking the vital signs -- Evacuation -- Sending for help -- Evacuating the victim -- Helicopter evacuation -- Problems and their treatment -- Spinal and head (skull and brain) injuries -- General management that applies to all spinal and head injuries -- Spinal (neck and backbone) injuries -- Head (skull and brain) injuries -- Burns -- Burn management -- Specific burns -- Broken bones (fractures) and dislocations -- Broken bones (fractures) -- Specific broken bones -- Dislocations -- Specific dislocations --
Sprains and strains -- General treatment of sprains and strains -- Specific sprains and strains -- Wounds -- Wound management -- Complications -- Specific wounds -- Bites and stings -- Animals and snakes -- Spiders -- Other insects -- Sea creatures -- Altitude illness - AMS, HACE and HAPE -- AMS, HACE and HAPE -- Treatment of altitude illness -- Going back up again? -- Cold weather problems -- Hypothermia -- Frostnip and frostbite -- Hot weather problems -- Heat exhaustion and heat stroke -- Other hot weather problems -- Dehydration -- Diarrhoea and food poisoning -- Mild diarrhoea -- Severe diarrhoea -- Food poisoning -- Abdominal (bely) problems -- Common abdominal problems -- Serious abdominal problems -- Specific serious abdominal problems -- Respiratory problems -- Respiratory tract infections -- Non-infective respiratory problems -- Infectious diseases -- Eyes, ears and mouth -- Eyes -- Ears -- Mouth and teeth --
Skin problems -- Rashes -- Other skin problems -- Problems specific to women and men, and STDs -- Women -- men -- Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) -- 28. Other problems -- Allergy -- Diabetes -- Epilepsy (grand mall) -- Fever (cause unknown) -- Headache and migraine -- Blood circulation (vascular) problems -- Mental problems -- Insomnia (cannot sleep, poor sleep) -- Appendix 1 : Chart of medications -- Appendix 2 : First aid kits -- Appendix 3 : Lake Louise score (LLS) -- Appendix 4 : Altitude illness flowchart -- Appendix 5 : Rescue request forms -- Appendix 6 : Useful contacts -- Appendix 7 : Index of diagrams -- Index -- Front cover (inside) : Accident and illness procedure -- Back cover (inside) : Basic life support (BLS) in the wilderness.
