[pt]. 5. Rescue and survival -- 31. Wilderness emergency medical services and response systems / Franklin R. Hubbell -- 32. Search and rescue / Donald C. Cooper, Patrick H. LaValla, and Robert C. Stoffel -- 33. Technical rescue in the wilderness environment / Loui H. McCurley and Steve E. Hudson -- 34. Litters and carries / Donald C. Cooper, James Messenger, and Timothy P. Mier -- 35. Aeromedical transport / Robert C. Allen -- 36. Essentials of wilderness survival / Warren D. Bowman and Peter Kummerfeldt -- 37. Jungle travel and survival / John Walden -- 38. Desert travel and survival / Edward J. Otten -- 39. Whitewater medicine and rescue / Eric A. Weiss -- 40. Caving and cave rescue / Steve E. Hudson and Loui H. McCurley.

[pt]. 4. Injury and medical interventions -- 16. Injury prevention / Ariel D. Marks -- 17. Principles of pain management / Bryan L. Frank -- 18. Bandaging and taping / Daniel Garza -- 19. Emergency airway management / Swaminatha V. Mahadevan -- 20. Wilderness trauma, surgical emergencies, and wound management / Bryan R. Collier, William P. Riordan, Jr., Roger J. Nagy, and John A. Morris, Jr. -- 21. Improvisation in the wilderness / Eric A. Weiss and Howard J. Donner -- 22. Hunting and other weapons injuries / Edward J. Otten and David G. Mohler -- 23. Tactical medicine and combat casualty care / Lawrence E. Heiskell, Bohdan T. Olesnicky, and Lynn E. Welling -- 24. Wilderness orthopaedics / Julie A. Switzer, Thomas J. Ellis, and Marc F. Swiontkowski -- 25. The eye in the wilderness / Frank K. Butler, Jr. -- 26. Wilderness dentistry and management of facial injuries / Henry J. Hermann and Daniel M. Laskin -- 27. Wilderness cardiology / Brett D. Atwater, Andrew Wang, and Matthew T. Roe -- 28. Wilderness neurology / Karen Nolan Kuehl and Donald B. Nolan -- 29. Chronic diseases and wilderness activities / Colin K. Grissom and Thomas G. DeLoughery -- 30. Mental health in the wilderness / Barry Morenz.

[pt]. 1. Mountain medicine -- 1. High-altitude medicine / Peter H. Hackett and Robert C. Roach -- [pt]. 2. Avalanches / Knox Williams, Dale Atkins, and Colin K. Grissom -- 3. Lightning injuries -- 2. Cold and heat -- 4. Thermoregulation / Larry I. Crawshaw, Helen L. Wallace, and Samhita Dasgupta -- 5. Accidental hypothermia / Daniel F. Danzl -- 6. Immersion in cold water / Gordon G. Giesbrecht and Alan M. Steinman -- 7. Nonfreezing cold-induced injuries / Grant S. Lipman and John W. Castellani -- 8. Frostbite / Robert L. McCauley, Garry W. Killyon, David J. Smith, Jr., Martin C. Robson, and John P. Heggers -- 9. Polar medicine / Betty Carlisle and Ian Davis -- 10. Pathophysiology of heat-related illnesses / Stephen L. Gaffin and Daniel S. Moran -- 11. Clinical management of heat-related injuries / Daniel S. Moran and Stephen L. Gaffin -- [pt]. 3. Burns, fire, and radiation -- 12. Wildland fires : dangers and survival / Martin E. Alexander, Robert W. Mutch, and Kathleen Mary Davis -- 13. Emergency care of the burned victim / Robert Mann and David M. Heimbach -- 14. Exposure to radiation from the Sun / Lee A. Kaplan -- 15. Volcanic eruptions / Joanne Feldman and Robert I. Tilling.

[pt]. 6. Animals, insects, and zoonoses -- 41. Protection from blood-feeding arthropods / Mark S. Fradin -- 42. Mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases / Renee Y. Hsia -- 43. Malaria / Sheral S. Patel and James W. Kazura -- 44. Arthropod envenomation and parasitism / Timothy b. Erickson -- 45. Tick-borne diseases / Stephen J. Traub and Gregory A. Cummins -- 46. Spider bites / Leslie V. Boyer, Greta J. Binford, and Jude T. McNally -- 47. Scorpion envenomation / Jeffrey R. Suchard -- 48. Bites by venomous reptiles in the Americas / Robert L. Norris and Sean P. Bush -- 49. Bites by venomous snakes outside the Americas / David A. Warrell -- 50. Antivenoms and immunobiologicals : immunotherapeutics of envenomation / Angela F. Gardner and Richard C. Dart -- 51. Bites and injuries inflicted by wild and domestic animals / Luanne Freer -- 52. Bear behavior and attacks / Steven P. French -- 53. Wilderness-acquired zoonoses / Jamie Shandro and Daniel Garza -- 54. Rabies / James A. Wilkerson III -- 55. Emergency veterinary medicine.

[pt]. 7. Plants -- 56. Seasonal and acute allergic reactions / Naresh J. Patel and Robert K. Bush -- 57. Plant-induced dermatitis / Bryan E. Anderson and James G. Marks, Jr. -- 58. Toxic plant ingestions / Kimberlie A. Graeme -- 59. Toxic mushroom ingestions / Sandra M. Schneider and Mark W. Donnelly -- 60. Ethnobotany : plant-derived medical therapy / Kevin Jon Davison and Rick Marinelli -- [pt]. 8. Food and water -- 61. Field water disinfection / Howard D. Backer -- 62. Infectious diarrhea from wilderness and foreign travel / Javier A. Adachi, Howard D. Backer, and Herbert L. DuPont -- 63. Nutrition, malnutrition, and starvation / E. Wayne Askew -- 64. Dehydration, rehydration, and hyperhydration / Daniel S. Moran, Liran Mendel, and Stephen L. Gaffin -- 65. Living off the land / Peter Kummerfeldt and Denise Martinez -- 66. Seafood toxidromes / Michael J. Matteucci, Binh T. Ly, and Richard F. Clark -- 67. Seafood allergies / Sue L. Hefle, Robert K. Bush, and Steve L. Taylor.

[pt]. 9. Marine medicine -- 68. Submersion incidents / Robert B. Schoene, Adrian Nachat, Andrea R. Gravatt, and Andrew B. Newman -- 69. Emergency oxygen administration / Eric Douglas and Richard E. Moon -- 70. Diving medicine / Kenneth W. Kizer and Karen B. Van Hoesen -- 71. Hyperbaric medicine / Karen B. Van Hoesen -- 72. Injuries from nonvenomous aquatic animals / Paul S. Auerbach and George H. Burgess -- 73. Envenomation by aquatic invertebrates / Paul S. Auerbach -- 74. Envenomation by aquatic vertebrates / Paul S. Auerbach -- 75. Aquatic skin disorders / Vicki Mazzorana and Edgar Maeyens, Jr. -- 76. Safety and survival at sea / Michael E. Jacobs and Charles G. Hawley -- [pt]. 10. Travel, environmental hazards, and disasters -- 77. Travel medicine / Charles D. Ericsson -- 78. Non-North American travel and exotic diseases / James W. Kazura -- 79. Natural disaster management / Eric K. Noji and Catherine Y. Lee -- 80. Natural and human-made hazards : disaster risk management issues / Sheila B. Reed -- [pt]. 11. Equipment and special knowledge -- 81. Wilderness preparation, equipment, and medical supplies / Matthew R. Lewin, Suzanne C. Jensen, and Timothy F. Platts-Mills -- 82. Outdoor clothing for wilderness professionals / Christopher Van Tilburg -- 83. Nonmedical backcountry equipment for wilderness professionals / Christopher Van Tilburg -- 84. Ropes and knot tying / Loui H. McCurley and Steve E. Hudson -- 85. Wilderness navigation techniques / Steven C. Carleton.

[pt]. 12. Special populations and considerations -- 86. Exercise, conditioning, and performance / Jolie Bookspan -- 87. Children in the wilderness / Judith R. Klein -- 88. Women in the wilderness / Susan Anderson -- 89. Elders in the wilderness / Blair Dillard Erb -- 90. Persons with special needs and disabilities / Sheryl K. Olson and Donna L. Nimec -- 91. Wilderness and endurance events / David A. Townes -- 92. Wilderness medicine education / James R. Liffrig -- 93. Medical liability and wilderness emergencies / Carolyn S. Langer -- 94. The ethics of wilderness medicine / Kenneth V. Iserson and Barry Morenz -- [pt]. 13. The wilderness -- 95. The changing environment / James K. Mitchell and Monalisa Chatterjee -- 96. Wilderness management and preservation / Chad P. Dawson and John C. Hendee -- 97. Aerospace medicine / Kira Bacal and Jay Lemery -- Appendix : Drug storage and stability / Sarah R. Williams, David A. Nix, and Ketan H. Patel -- Index.