Clear recommendations on how to prevent and respond to virtually any outdoor emergency. For nearly 40 years, "Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to First Aid and Medical Emergencies" has been a go-to resource for anyone venturing into the mountains, forests, deserts, or onto the water. The guide provides well-illustrated, easy-to-understand instructions for immediate stabilization and assistance to individuals with virtually any health problem, designed for on-site use when higher-level medical care is unavailable. Written by experts in wilderness medicine, this edition will help you manage any situation until medical personnel can take over. • The guide contains key information on a wide range of health problems associated with specific environmental conditions, including natural disasters, high altitudes, water accidents, heat and cold illnesses, and wildfires. • You will receive simple and clear recommendations on how to act in case of animal attacks (including venomous ones), poisoning by wild plants or mushrooms, minor and serious health problems, and infectious diseases. You will learn how to disinfect water and stop severe bleeding. • The guide covers key topics, including the use of antibiotics, medications, opioid overdose treatment, wound closure techniques, severe bleeding management, spinal assessment and appropriate immobilization, tourniquet application, use of the Gamow bag for altitude sickness, splinting, emergency dental care, disaster preparedness, global conflict recommendations, K9 assistance, and modern infectious disease threats. • Includes up-to-date recommendations, many useful illustrations and diagrams, and a new section "Patient Assessment: A Structured Approach to Outdoor Emergencies." • Complex topics are covered, which will be useful for doctors and expedition medical personnel of all levels of training and experience. Table of Contents: PART I. General Information PART II. Serious Medical Problems PART III. Minor Health Disorders PART IV. Environment-Related Disorders PART V. Additional Information Authors: Tate Higgins, Ali S. Arastu, Paul S. Auerbach; scientific editor of the translation Anton Volosovets Audience: for doctors of various specialties, paramedics, and a wide range of readers License: The translation of Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to First Aid and Medical Emergencies, Seventh Edition is published under agreement with Elsevier Publisher: All-Ukrainian Specialized Publishing House "Meditsyna" Language: Ukrainian Year: 2024 Number of pages: 543 (black and white)
