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Medicine: For Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities 5th Edition
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Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
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Additional Medicine: For Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities 5th Edition Information
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Beyond first aid, this is the medical bibles for backcountry adventurers. Written by a team of climber/physicians and considered the authoritative reference on backcountry medicine. Any trip into remote territory calls for earnest planning and foresight, including preparing for the possibility of illness or injury. A basic knowledge of first aid can help; but how would you treat an appendicitis attack high on a foreign mountain? What if one of your companions had a stroke, or contracted hepatitis on a boat in mid-ocean? Medicine for Mountaineering picks up where first aid manuals leave off. Written by a team of climber-physicians, this fully updated edition of a classic provides expert information as well as procedures on major and minor medical emergencies. Areas covered include: Diagnosis, psychology of accidents, preventive measures. Traumatic injuries--fractures, burns, soft tissue injuries--heat, cold, altitude. Diseases, pain, infections, allergies. Medications, medical kits, legal considerations. Authoritative and comprehensive, Medicine for Mountaineering should be on the equipment list of any hiker, climber, boater, and outdoor user who ventures more than 24 hours beyond medical attention.
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What Customers Say About Medicine: For Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities 5th Edition:
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While your pamphlet in your first aid box will explain how to put a bandage on a wound this book explains what to do next. This book is amazing. I would recommend it to anyone seeking knowledge in first aid. It covers a vast variety of medical procedures ranging from simple to complex and are all explained in a manner that can be understood by EMTs and the layman alike. It covers basic nursing as well as trauma and has a more longterm care feel to it. It is so informative and easy to understand while still possessing the advanced procedure and explanation for the EMT. I highly recommend this book.
However, if you want extraordinary depth and breadth this is certainly the best book for the lay person (or at my level of training)I could find. I was asked to do some research on first aid and wilderness medicine. I was an EMT until recently and a mountaineer going on 30 years. Well organized, well illustrated, excellent index. Of the ten or so books I reviewed this one was the most authoritative and most complete. If you want a primer on the subject consider "Mountaineering First Aid" by the same publisher. Too heavy for a day pack. 367 Pages of fine print.
As always, books from The Mountaineers are chock full of useful, well-described advice. This one is no exception.it is well illustrated and highly conservative in it approach. This is not a wacky, how to survive on a soap-opera 'reality survival' show book; rather, it details how to prevent illness, diagnose it, and deal with most, if not all, serious medical emergencies out in the wild lands.
Great, compact reference for EMS and guides who work at altitude.
A good book to read covering most medical problems anyone would meet. I didn't expect a set of pictures on how to remove an appendix but obviously there is a limit to what can be done in the field. Unfortunately its too big at 900g (2lb) to carry about, and most would leave it behind. Some of the serious medical problems finish with "evacuate the patient" if its not available hardluck. The writer seemed concerned about being sued and mentions that he nearly left out the very small bit about what should be included in a medical kit, to me this is as important as the rest of the book. In my case, some guidance and information is better than no information.
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