Wilderness Medicine (Wilderness Medicine: Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies)

Thoroughly revised, updated and expanded, this critically acclaimed reference prepares you to manage medical emergencies caused by environmental encounters, including injury prevention and respect for natural environments. Included in the text are color illustrations that give the reader a better view of the situation at hand. Packed with how-to explanations and practical, direct advice, it covers emergencies such as envenomations, altitude illness, burns, motion sickness, and problems caused by cold, heat, snakes, sharks, and marine microbes. Includes totally new information on bear attacks, cave rescue, airway and eye emergencies, wilderness clothing, and much more! Foreword 30 Preface 33 Part 1 - Mountain Medicine 34 Chapter 1 - High-Altitude Medicine 34 Chapter 2 - Avalanches 71 Chapter 3 - Lightning Injuries 95 Part 2 - Cold and Heat 127 Chapter 4 - Thermoregulation 127 Chapter 5 - Nonfreezing Cold Injuries 143 Chapter 6 - Accidental Hypothermia 156 Chapter 7 - Frostbite 202 Chapter 8 - Immersion into Cold Water 220 Chapter 9 - Polar Medicine 241 Chapter 10 - Pathophysiology of Heat-Related Illnesses 257 Chapter 11 - Clinical Management of Heat-Related Illnesses 304 Part 3 - Fire, Burns, and Radiation 332 Chapter 12 - Wildland Fires: Dangers and Survival 332 Chapter 13 - Emergency Care of the Burned Victim 355 Chapter 14 - Exposure to Radiation from the Sun 373 Part 4 - Injuries and Medical Interventions 399 Chapter 15 - Wilderness Injury Prevention 399 Chapter 16 - Principles of Pain Management 414 Chapter 17 - Emergency Airway Management 427 Chapter 18 - Wilderness Trauma and Surgical Emergencies 442 Chapter 19 - Wilderness Improvisation 470 Chapter 20 - Hunting and Other Weapons Injuries 496 Chapter 21 - Orthopedics 504 Chapter 22 - The Eye in the Wilderness 524 Chapter 23 - Dental and Facial Emergencies 550 Part 5 - Rescue and Survival 570 Chapter 24 - Wilderness Emergency Medical Services and Response Systems 570 Chapter 25 - Search and Rescue 589 Chapter 26 - Litters and Carries 611 Chapter 27 - Aeromedical Transport 629 Chapter 28 - Wilderness Survival 662 Chapter 29 - Jungle Travel and Survival 694 Chapter 30 - White-Water Medicine and Rescue 713 Chapter 31 - Cave Rescue 734 Part 6 - Insects, Animals, and Zoonoses 744 Chapter 32 - Protection from Blood-Feeding Arthropods 744 Chapter 33 - Tick-Borne Diseases 757 Chapter 34 - Spider Bites 789 Chapter 35 - Scorpion Envenomation 818 Chapter 36 - North American Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism 840 Chapter 37 - Non-North American Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism 863 Chapter 38 - North American Venomous Reptile Bites 874 Chapter 39 - Non-North American Venomous Reptile Bites 900 Chapter 40 - Antivenins and Immunobiologicals: Immunotherapeutics of Envenomation 924 Chapter 41 - Bites and Injuries Inflicted by Domestic Animals 934 Chapter 42 - Bites and Injuries Inflicted by Wild Animals 964 Chapter 43 - Bear Attacks 1001 Chapter 44 - Wilderness-Acquired Zoonoses 1016 Chapter 45 - Emergency Veterinary Medicine 1051 Part 7 - Plants 1074 Chapter 46 - Seasonal Allergies 1074 Chapter 47 - Plant-Induced Dermatitis 1087 Chapter 48 - Toxic Plant Ingestions 1105 Chapter 49 - Mushroom Toxicity 1138 Chapter 50 - Ethnobotany: Plant-Derived Medical Therapy 1158 Part 8 - Food and Water 1182 Chapter 51 - Field Water Disinfection 1182 Chapter 52 - Infectious Diarrhea from Wilderness and Foreign Travel 1223 Chapter 53 - Nutrition, Malnutrition, and Starvation 1252 Chapter 54 - Seafood Toxidromes 1264 Chapter 55 - Seafood Allergies 1305 Part 9 - Marine Medicine 1320 Chapter 56 - Submersion Incidents 1320 Chapter 57 - Diving Medicine 1350 Chapter 58 - Emergency Oxygen Administration 1380 Chapter 59 - Principles of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy 1391 Chapter 60 - Injuries from Nonvenomous Aquatic Animals 1402 Chapter 61 - Envenomation by Aquatic Invertebrates 1438 Chapter 62 - Envenomation by Aquatic Vertebrates 1464 Chapter 63 - Aquatic Skin Disorders 1482 Chapter 64 - Survival at Sea 1502 Part 10 - Travel, Environmental Hazards, and Disasters 1531 Chapter 65 - Travel Medicine 1531 Chapter 66 - Non-North American Travel and Exotic Diseases 1553 Chapter 67 - Natural Disaster Management 1574 Chapter 68 - Natural and Human-Made Hazards: Mitigation and Management Issues 1592 Part 11 - Equipment and Special Knowledge 1627 Chapter 69 - Wilderness Preparation, Equipment, and Medical Supplies 1627 Chapter 70 - Selection and Use of Outdoor Clothing 1650 Chapter 71 - Backcountry Equipment for Health Care Professionals 1658 Chapter 72 - Ropes and Knot Tying 1668 Chapter 73 - Wilderness Navigation Techniques 1679 Part 12 - Special Populations and Considerations 1695 Chapter 74 - Children in the Wilderness 1695 Chapter 75 - Women in the Wilderness 1721 Chapter 76 - Elders in the Wilderness 1751 Chapter 77 - Medical Liability and Wilderness Medicine* 1772 Chapter 78 - Ethics of Wilderness Medicine 1783 Chapter 79 - The Changing Environment 1793 PICTURES 1932 This updated reference prepares readers to manage medical emergencies caused by environmental encounters, including injury prevention and respect for natural environments. With explanations and practical advice, it covers emergencies such as altitude illness, burns, motion sickness, and problems caused by cold, heat, snakes, sharks, and marine microbes. Includes information on bear attacks, cave rescue, airway and eye emergencies, wilderness clothing, and much more Provides information on how to manage medical emergencies caused by environmental encounters, including injury prevention and respect for natural environments. This book covers emergencies such as envenomations, altitude illness, and problems caused by cold, snakes, and marine microbes and includes information on bear attacks and much more.