Wilderness and Travel Medicine: A Complete Wilderness Medicine and Travel Medicine Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781925979916)

Could you save yourself or a loved one when there are no doctors around?

All too often travelers and outdoor enthusiasts get sick, injured, or worse.

Learn how to prevent and cure a wide range of ailments whether at home, abroad, or in the wilderness.

Discover how to heal yourself, because this comprehensive manual has all the information you need.

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A Wilderness Medicine Handbook Like No Other

• Diagnoses and treatments for a wide range of injuries and illnesses.
• How to improvise what you need when modern medicine isn't available.
• Pharmaceuticals, medicinal plants, veterinary substitutes, and other alternative remedies.
• Preventative methods so you don't get sick/injured in the first place.
• Safe use and dosage instructions for suggested medications.
• Sample wilderness medicine kit that you can take on a commercial flight.

Information for Each Condition Contains

• A brief description.
• Possible symptoms.
• Appropriate treatment(s) depending on the situation.
• Other supplementary information, e.g., causes, prevention, alternative remedies, complications.

A 2-Part Wilderness Medicine Field Guide

Quickly find what you're looking for in an emergency situation.

Part I is must-read information covering:

• Anatomy: Learn how the body's systems work individually and as a whole. This makes diagnoses easier.
• Prevention Medicine: Prevention is the best cure. Learn how to avoid getting sick and/or injured in the first place.
• First Aid Kit: An inventory and simple explanation of a first aid kit for travelers.
• Medications Guide: Information on the safe use of the medications in this book.
• Immediate First Aid: What to do in life-threatening medical situations.
• Secondary Exam: A secondary exam will help you to make an accurate medical diagnosis.
• Moving a Patient: Safe ways to move a patient.

Part II is diagnoses and treatments. It is uniquely categorized by cause and/or body area to enable quick searching.

• Environmental: Tropical diseases, heat and cold injuries, plants and animals, jetlag, etc.
• Head: Headaches, brain injuries, ears, eyes, and nose infections, dental issues, etc.
• Circulation: Shock, dehydration, diabetes, etc.
• Digestive: Diarrhea, constipation, food poisoning, motion sickness, etc.
• Genitourinary: STI's, pregnancy, UTI's, etc.
• Integumentary: Skin disorders, nail injuries, splinters, etc.
• Musculoskeletal: Sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, etc.
• Respiratory: Asthma, strep-throat, bronchitis, cold and flu, pneumonia, etc.

... and much more.

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No matter where you go you need this book, because the information inside it saves lives.

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