Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care

This book provides principles for dealing with many serious emergencies, and a few common problems, when a doctor is more than an hour away.

Action Index:

• Abdominal Injuries and Pain
• Airway Obstructions
• Allergic Reactions
• Altitude Illness
• Asthma
• Bites and Stings
• Bleeding
• Blisters
• Breathing Issues
• Burns
• Chest Injuries
• Children's Issues
• Choking
• CPR
• Dehydration
• Dental Problems
• Diabetes
• Diarrhea
• Dislocations
• Drowning
• Ear and Eye Problems
• Fishhook Removal 
• Fractures
• Frostbite
• Headache
• Head Injuries
• Heart Attack
• Heat Illness
• Hyperventilation
• Hyponatremia
• Hypothermia
• Infection
• Lighting
• Men's Issues
• Nosebleed
• Seizures
• Shock
• Snowblindness
• Spinal Injuries
• Splinters
• Sprains and Strains
• Sunburn
• Unconscious States
• Water Disinfection
• Women's Issues
• Wounds