Wilderness medicine. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Paul S. Auerbach.
• Other Names: Auerbach, Paul S
• Contents: High-Altitude Medicine and Physiology -- Avalanches -- Lightning Injuries -- Thermoregulation -- Accidental Hypothermia -- Immersion Into Cold Water -- Nonfreezing Cold-Induced Injuries -- Frostbite -- Polar Medicine -- Pathophysiology of Heat-Related Illnesses -- Clinical Management of Heat-Related Illnesses -- Wildland Fires: Dangers and Survival -- Emergency Care of the Burned Victim -- Exposure to Radiation From the Sun -- Volcanic Eruptions, Hazards, and Mitigation -- Injury Prevention: Decision Making, Safety, and Accident Avoidance -- Principles of Pain Management -- Taping and Bandaging -- Splints and Slings -- Emergency Airway Management -- Wilderness Trauma and Surgical Emergencies* -- Wound Management -- Improvised Medicine in the Wilderness -- Hunting and Fishing Injuries -- Tactical Medicine* -- Combat and Casualty Care -- Wilderness Orthopedics -- The Eye in the Wilderness -- Foot Problems and Care -- Wilderness Dentistry -- Management of Facial Injuries -- Wilderness Cardiology -- Wilderness Neurology -- Chronic Diseases and Wilderness Activities -- Mental Health in the Wilderness -- Wilderness Emergency Medical Services and Response Systems -- Search and Rescue -- Technical Rescue, Self-Rescue, and Evacuation -- Litters and Carries -- Helicopter Rescue and Aeromedical Transport* -- Essentials of Wilderness Survival -- Principles of Meteorology and Weather Prediction -- Jungle Travel and Survival -- Desert Travel and Survival -- Whitewater Medicine and Rescue -- Caving and Cave Rescue -- Protection From Blood-Feeding Arthropods -- Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases -- Malaria -- Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism -- Tick-Borne Diseases -- Spider Bites -- Scorpion Envenomation -- Bites by Venomous Reptiles in Canada, the United States, and Mexico -- Envenoming and Injuries by Venomous and Nonvenomous Reptiles Worldwide -- Bites and Injuries Inflicted by Wild and Domestic Animals -- Bear Behavior and Attacks. Alligator and Crocodile Attacks -- Wilderness-Acquired Zoonoses -- Rabies -- Emergency Veterinary Medicine -- Seasonal and Acute Allergic Reactions -- Plant-Induced Dermatitis -- Toxic Plant Ingestions -- Toxic Mushroom Ingestions -- Ethnobotany: Plant-Derived Medical Therapy -- Field Water Disinfection -- Infectious Diarrhea From Wilderness and Foreign Travel -- Nutrition, Malnutrition, and Starvation -- Dehydration, Rehydration, * and Hyperhydration -- Living Off the Land -- Seafood Toxidromes* -- Seafood Allergies -- A Brief Introduction to Oceanography -- Submersion Injuries and Drowning -- Emergency Oxygen Administration -- Diving Medicine -- Hyperbaric Medicine -- Injuries From Nonvenomous Aquatic Animals -- Envenomation by Aquatic Invertebrates -- Envenomation by Aquatic Vertebrates -- Aquatic Skin Disorders -- Safety and Survival at Sea -- Travel Medicine -- Non-North American Travel and Exotic Diseases -- Natural Disaster Management -- Expedition Medicine -- Global Humanitarian Medicine and Disaster Relief -- Natural and Human-Made Hazards: Disaster Risk Management Issues -- Global Crimes, Incarceration, and Quarantine -- Wilderness Preparation, Equipment, and Medical Supplies -- Ultrasound and Telemedicine in the Wilderness -- Outdoor Clothing for the Wilderness Professional -- Nonmedical Backcountry Equipment for Wilderness Professionals -- Ropes and Knot Tying -- Wilderness Navigation Techniques and Communication Methods -- Exercise, Conditioning, and Performance Training -- Children in the Wilderness -- Women in the Wilderness -- Elders in the Wilderness -- Persons With Special Needs and Disabilities -- Wilderness and Endurance Events -- Ranch and Rodeo Medicine -- Wilderness Medicine Education -- Medical Liability and Wilderness Emergencies -- The Ethics of Wilderness Medicine -- Native American Healing -- The Changing Environment -- Biodiversity and Human Health -- Health Implications of Environmental Change -- Wilderness Management and Preservation -- Leave No Trace -- Space Medicine: The New Frontier.
• Edition: 6th ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Mosby
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.9/8; Outdoor medical emergencies; First aid in illness and injury; Wilderness Medicine; Emergency Treatment -- methods; Environmental Exposure; Recreation; Rescue Work; Survival; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious; MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases; First aid in illness and injury; Outdoor medical emergencies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455733569; 1455733563
• Related ISBNs: 9781437716788; 1437716784
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from resource home page (MD Consult, viewed December 16, 2011).
• 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.