Patrick Brighton M. D. Facs

Outdoor Medicine: Management of Wilderness Medical Emergencies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This straightforward guide presents essential information for managing common illnesses, injuries, and medical emergencies in the wilderness.

Produktdetails

• Adventure Skills Guides
• Verlag: Adventure Publications
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 191mm x 102mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 113g
• ISBN-13: 9781591938514
• ISBN-10: 1591938511
• Artikelnr.: 53306268

Autorenporträt

Patrick Brighton is a board-certified general and trauma surgeon. A Fellow in the American College of Surgeons for 23 years, he has evaluated and surgically managed thousands of critically injured trauma patients, including those from dozens of mass-casualty situations. An avid alpinist and ice climber, Dr. Brighton currently spends most of his free time as a member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team in Ouray, Colorado. Dr. Brighton also teaches wilderness medicine courses in the U.S. and in South America.

Inhaltsangabe

Adventure Skills Guides
About the Author
What Should You Do?
Introduction
How to Do CPR
Common Ailments
Eye Injuries
Nosebleeds
Dental Emergencies
Fractures
Dislocations
Animal Bites
Dehydration & Hyperthermia
Frostbite & Hypothermia
Burns
Medical Emergencies
Medical Kits