Globe Pequot / Falcon Guides
Pages: 136
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7627-4102-1 • Paperback • August 2006 • $14.95 • (£11.99)
978-0-7627-8536-0 • eBook • August 2006 • $13.99 • (£10.99)
The Wilderness Medical Society consists of approximately 2,500 physicians and 500 other professional health care providers from around the world who have an expertise in wilderness-related health problems.
(1) Wilderness Evacuation (2) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (3) Submersion Injuries (4) Head Injury (5) Spinal Injury (6) Wound Management (7) Burn Management (8) Orthopedic Injuries (9) High Altitude Illness (10) Hypothermia (11) Frostbite/Immersion Foot (12) Heat-Related Illness (13) Lightning Injuries (14) Field Water Disinfection (15) Oral Fluid and Electrolyte Replacement (16) Wild Land Animal Attacks (17) Reptile Envenomation (18) Arthropod Envenomation (19) Tick Transmitted Diseases (20) Substance Abuse in Wilderness Settings (21) Anxiety and Stress Reactions in the Wilderness (22) Wilderness Medical Kits (23) Immunizations
New features*All the guidelines have been reviewed and revised by the WMS. This, the 5th edition of the Wilderness Medical Society guidelines, presents what the WMS Panel of Expert Reviewers feels is the best approach for the management of remote area injuries and illness. This edition nudges the Guidelines towards evidence-based medicine with category stratification of its recommendations.
*New trim size of 6 x 9 and Falcon branding.