Expedition and Wilderness Medicine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521868730)

This is the most practical, concise guide to medical practice in extreme and remote environments. With an increase in visits to remote and dangerous locations around the world, the number of serious and fatal injuries and illnesses associated with these expeditions has markedly increased. Medical personnel working in or near such locations are not always explicitly trained in the management of unique environmental injuries, including high-altitude sickness, the bends, lightning strikes, frostbite, acute dehydration, venomous stings and bites, and tropical diseases.
Many health care professionals seek training in the specialty of wilderness medicine to cope with the health risks faced when far removed from professional care resources, and the American College of Emergency Medicine has recently mandated that a minimum level of proficiency needs to be exhibited by all ER physicians in this discipline. This book covers everything a prospective field physician or medical consultant needs to prepare for when beginning an expedition and explains how to treat a variety of conditions in a concise, clinically oriented format.

Author: Gregory H. Bledsoe, Michael J. Manyak, David A. Townes
ISBN-10: 0521868734
ISBN-13: 9780521868730
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/03/2008
Pages: 772
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 6.65lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.80w x 1.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2009