Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid

With help just a quick 911 phone call away, it's hard to imagine the consequences of experiencing an emergency in remote lands. Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid is a comprehensive text for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of wilderness emergencies.

You'll learn vital skills like; how to survey, assess and stabilize the victim and medical situation; how to manage physical symptoms; what questions to ask to gain necessary vital information; how to care for wounds and orthopedic injuries; and much more.

This book is the ultimate resource for first aid when access to a medical facility is difficult or impossible.