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Medicine for mountaineering & other wilderness activities /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Mountaineers (Society)
Other Authors: Wilkerson, James A., 1934-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle, Wash. : The Mountaineers, [1992]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
First Aid > Handbooks.
Mountaineering > Handbooks.
Sports Medicine > Handbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Diagnosis
  • Basic medical care and evacuation
  • Special problems
  • Psychologic responses to accidents
  • Immunizations, sanitation, and water disinfection
  • Soft-tissue injuries
  • Fractures and related injuries
  • Burns
  • Heart and blood vessel disorders
  • Respiratory system disorders
  • Chest injuries
  • Gastrointestinal disorders
  • Acute abdominal pain
  • Abdominal injuries
  • Neural disorders
  • Head and neck injuries
  • Eye, ear, nose, and throat disorders
  • Genitourinary disorders
  • Infections
  • Allergies
  • Medical problems of high altitude
  • Cold injuries
  • Heat and solar injuries
  • Animal bites and stings.