Field guide to wilderness medicine

Field guide to wilderness medicine

Field guide to wilderness medicine.

Wilderness first aid : emergency care for remote locations

The Outward Bound wilderness first-aid handbook

Wilderness first-aid handbook

Wilderness first aid : emergency care for remote locations

Emergency Care and Safety Institute, AAOS

Introduction to wilderness first aid -- What is wilderness? -- What is wilderness first aid? -- Legal and ethical issues -- Psychological and emotional issues -- Infectious disease precautions -- Immunization -- Travel medical insurance -- Action at an emergency -- Approaching a victim -- Mechanisms of injury -- Getting to victims -- Motor vehicle crashes -- Wildland fires -- Animals -- Confined spaces -- Moving a victim -- Extrication from difficult locations -- Seeking help -- Guidelines for evacuation -- Victim assessment and urgent care -- Assessment -- Scene survey -- Initial assessment -- Victim's history -- Vital signs and physical exam -- Ongoing assessment -- Multiple-victim incidents (triage) -- Care of bleeding, wounds, and burns -- Bleeding -- Wounds -- Burns.

Abdominal emergencies -- Anatomy of the abdomen -- Abdominal injuries -- Abdominal illnesses -- Evacuation guidelines for abdominal problems -- Diabetic emergencies and allergic reactions -- Diabetic emergencies -- Acute complications of diabetes -- Allergic reactions -- Genitourinary problems -- Female problems -- Emergency delivery -- Pregnancy and wilderness travel -- general considerations -- Male problems -- Guidelines for evacuation of genitourinary problems -- Physical and environmental hazards -- Acclimatization -- Acute mountain sickness -- Cold injury -- Heat illness -- Lightning injury -- Poisons, toxins, and poisonous plants -- Carbon monoxide poisoning -- Toxic plants and poisons -- Plant-induced dermatitis -- Animal bites, human bites, and snake bites -- Animal bites -- Human bites -- Snake bites -- ch. 18. Insect and anthropod bites and stings -- Spider bites -- Scorpion stings -- Centipede bites -- Tick bites -- Mosquito bites -- Lice -- Insect stings -- Insect repellents.

Dressings and bandages -- Dressings -- Bandages -- Applying and removing a dressing -- Bandaging techniques -- Head and facial injuries -- Injuries of the scalp and face -- Eye problems -- Ear problems -- Nose injuries -- Throat obstruction -- Jaw injuries -- Injuries of the lips and tongue -- Dental problems -- Bone, joint, and muscle injuries -- Bone injuries -- Joint injuries -- Muscle injuries -- Specific bone and joint injuries -- Upper extremity injuries -- Lower extremity injuries -- Spinal injuries -- Guidelines for evacuation of musculoskeletal injuries -- Circulatory emergencies -- Anatomy and physiology -- Shock -- Internal bleeding -- Heart disease and chest pain -- Respiratory emergencies -- Anatomy and physiology -- Chest injury -- Respiratory illnesses -- Neurologic emergencies -- Anatomy and physiology -- The unresponsive victim -- The responsive victim -- Head injury -- Other neurologic problems.

Water emergencies -- Scuba diving injuries -- Marine animal stings -- Appendix A : CPR basics -- CPR -- Infants -- Airway obstruction and choking -- Appendix B : First aid equipment and supplies -- Appendix C : Field water disinfection -- Methods of water disinfection -- Special techniques for water disinfection -- Choice of technique -- Camp hygiene -- Appendix D : fluid and electrolyte replacement -- Replacement of intestinal fluid losses -- Appendix E : Improving the odds of survival -- Clothing -- Shelter -- Water and food -- Heat -- Light -- Route finding and navigation -- Travel aids -- Tools and repair kit -- Communication equipment -- Index -- Image credits.