Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine : Essential for expeditions: mountaineers, hillwalkers and explorers - jungle, desert, ocean and remote areas /: Essential for expeditions: mountaineers, hillwalkers and explorers - jungle, desert, ocean and remote areas. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jim Duff, Ross Anderson.
• Authors: Duff, Jim; Anderson, Ross
• Contents: Accident and illness protocolAcronyms and abbreviationsConversion tablesPrefaceRead thisPart 1: The fundamentals1. Prevention2. Positioning and moving a victim3. Medications - what you need to know4. Pain managementPart 2: Accident and illness protocol5. Accident and illness protocol in a wilderness setting6. Primary survey - dealing with life-threatening emergencies7. Primary survey for specific situations8. Shock prevention and stabilization9. Secondary survey - working out what the problem is10. EvacuationPart 3: Problems and their treatment11. Spinal and head injuries12. Burns13. Broken bones, dislocations, sprains and strains14. Wounds15. Bites, stings and nasty plants16. Cold weather problems17. Hot weather problems18. Dehydration19. Diarrhoea and food poisoning20. Abdominal (belly) problems21. Respiratory problems22. Altitude illness - AMS, HACE and HAPE23. Drowning and diving problems24. Infectious diseases25. Eyes, ears and mouth26. Skin problems27. Gender-specific problems and STIs28. Other problemsAppendix 1 Chart of medicationsAppendix 2 AntibioticsAppendix 3 Rescue request formAppendix 4 Marine envenomationAppendix 5 Altitude illness flowchartAppendix 6 Lake Louise Score (LLS)Appendix 7 Avalanche rescue flow chartAppendix 8 The skeleton and internal organsAppendix 9 First aid kitsAppendix 10 Useful contacts and sources of informationIndex of diagramsIndexBasic life support (BLS) in the wilderness
• Edition: 3rd
• Publisher Details: Milnthorpe : Cicerone Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783625390; 1783625392
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.