Wilderness Medn

This text serves as a guide for health professionals dealing with wilderness and environmentally related injuries and illness, relating as much to higher altitude air rescue as to tropical diseases. It includes a chapter on how to handle a patient in the wilderness.

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This critically acclaimed reference prepares you to manage medical emergencies caused by environmental encounters, including injury prevention and respect for natural environments. Packed with how-to explanations and practical, direct advice, it covers emergencies such as envenomations, altitude illness, burns, motion sickness, and problems caused by cold, heat, snakes, sharks, and marine microbes.