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Wilderness and Rescue Medicine, Sixth Edition

Author(s): Jeffrey Isaac, PA-C, Wilderness Medical Associates International
David E. Johnson, MD, Wilderness Medical Associates International
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763789206
  • Paperback    226 pages      © 2013
Price: International Sales $65.95 US List
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Overview

Wilderness and Rescue Medicine covers the requisite topics from altitude illness to SCUBA and snakebites to frostbite, but the text's most important features are the general principles that tie the content together. The text highlights the skills and insight needed to think critically and exercise reasonable judgment at any level of medical training. Now in its sixth edition, Wilderness and Rescue Medicine reflects the collaborative wisdom of hundreds of instructors, rescue personnel, and medical practitioners combine with the latest updates in field medicine. The content will be useful to all medical personnel, but is aimed at the Wilderness First Responder and the Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician.

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  • Case studies
  • Key terms
  • Tip boxes
  • Wilderness Protocols: step-by-step procedures, with images, showing how to perform medical skills in the wilderness
  • Ready for Review at end of each chapters

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Section  I  Preparatory
  Chapter  1  General Principles of Physiology and Pathology
  Chapter  3  Patient Assessment
Section  II  Critical Body Systems
  Chapter  5  The Respiratory System
Section  III  Critical System Problems and Treatment
  Chapter  7  Basic and Advanced Life Support
  Chapter  8  Allergy and Anaphylaxis
  Chapter  9  Severe Asthma and RAD
  Chapter  10  Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
Section  IV  Trauma
  Chapter  11  General Principles of Trauma
  Chapter  14  Simple Dislocations
Section  V  Backcountry Medicine
  Chapter  15  Spine Injury
  Chapter  18  An Approach to Illness
  Chapter  20  Chest Pain
  Chapter  21  Gastrointestinal Pain
  Chapter  22  Genitourinary Problems
  Chapter  23  Respiratory Problems
Section  VI  Environmental Medicine
  Chapter  24  Thermoregulation
  Chapter  25  Cold Injuries
  Chapter  26  Altitude Illness
  Chapter  27  Medical Aspects of Avalanche Rescue
  Chapter  28  Water-Related Problems
  Chapter  29  Lightning Injury
  Chapter  30  Toxins, Envenomations, and Vectors
Section  VII  Roles, Responsibilities, and Technology
  Chapter  31  Expedition Medicine
  Chapter  32  Medical Role in Search and Rescue
  Chapter  33  Appropriate Medical Technology
Section  VIII  Appendices
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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Jeffrey Isaac, PA-C-Wilderness Medical Associates International

Jeffrey E. Isaac is a physician assistant with a particular interest in remote and extreme environments. He is a lead instructor and Curriculum Director for Wilderness Medical Associates International. His 30 years of experience in emergency medicine includes service as a fire fighter, EMT, professional ski patroller, search and rescue team leader, and medical practitioner in hospital emergency departments and ski area clinics.

            Jeff is also a licensed captain and an experienced blue water sailor, having logged thousands of miles in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Caribbean Sea. His outdoor resume includes 20 years as an instructor and course director with the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, as well as numerous treks by foot, horse, and canoe throughout North America.

David E. Johnson, MD-Wilderness Medical Associates International

 

David E. Johnson is an emergency physician and the owner and president of Wilderness Medical Associated International. His experience in trans-Atlantic sailing expeditions, numerous land-based expeditions in North and South America, as well as urban emergency medicine has given him a very broad base of extended patient care in difficult and demanding situations.
            David is a frequent conference presenter and author, and has taught all levels of EMS and wilderness medicine courses throughout the US and in some of the most far-flung corners of the world. He is known for being firmly committed to the science behind the subject, as wells as its practical application at all levels of medical training. For these efforts, David has been recognized by Outward Bound USA with the McGory Award for outstanding contributions to experiential education.

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      Instructor's ToolKit CD-ROM

      ISBN-13: 9781449652784

      The CD-ROM includes:

      • PowerPoint presentations with embedded video, animations, and check point questions
      • Lecture outlines
      • Teaching tips, enhancements, support materials, and preparation guidance
      • Student activities and assignments
      • Image and table bank
      • Skill sheets
      • Answers to end-of-chapter student questions

       

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