Paul G. Gill

Wilderness First Aid: A Pocket Guide

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Produktbeschreibung

With a weather-resistant cover, it is a natural purchase for anyone who hikes, backpacks, kayaks or otherwise spends time outside.

Produktdetails

• Ragged Mountain Press Pocket G
• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 113mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9780071379625
• ISBN-10: 0071379622
• Artikelnr.: 22420014

Autorenporträt

Paul G. Gill, Jr., M.D. is a board-certified emergency medicine specialist and a member of the Wilderness Medical Society. His outdoor medicine column appeared for many years in Outdoor Life. Gill is author of The Onboard Medical Handbook: First Aid and Emergency Medicine Afloat. HOMETOWN: Middlebury, Vermont

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Introduction
Assessing and Stabilizing the Trauma Victim
Primary and Secondary Surveys of a Person with Multiple Injuries
The Primary Survey: the ABCDEs; The Secondary Survey
Shock
Is the Victim in Shock?; Treatment
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Choking
Using the Heimlich Maneuver
Chest Pain
Symptoms; TreatmentSoft Tissue Injuries
Open Wounds
Controlling the Bleeding; Cleaning the Wound; Closing the Wound; Skin
Avulsions and Flaps; Abrasions
Puncture Wounds
Treatment
Burns
Types; Treatment
Crush Injuries
Contusions; Subungual HematomasMusculoskeletal Problems: Bones, Joints, and
Muscles
Sprains
Wrists, Hands, Fingers, and Toes
Strains
Fractures
Checking the CMS; Reducing and Stabilizing the Fracture; Splints; Types;
Amputations
Dislocations
TypesHead and Neck Injuries
Approaching the Head- or Neck-Injured Patient
Assess the ABCDEs and Mental Status; Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine
Fractures and Low Back Strain
Head Injuries
Concussion; Intracranial Bleeding; Repairing a Scalp Wound
Evacuation
Making a DecisionChest and Abdominal Injuries
Chest Injuries
Evaluating the Injury; Types
Abdominal Injuries
Blunt Abdominal Injuries; Penetrating Abdominal InjuriesEye, Ear, and Nose
Problems
Eye Injuries
Corneal Foreign Bodies and Abrasions; Blunt and Penetrating Eye Injuries;
Snow Blindness and Frozen Cornea
Ear and Nose Disorders
Swimmer's Ear; Ruptured Eardrum; Insects in the Ear; NosebleedHypothermia
and Frostbite
The Cold Facts
How Heat Is Lost from the Body; How the Body Responds to Heat Loss;
Predisposing Causes
Hypothermia
Recognizing Hypothermia; Treatment; Prevention: Dress for Success
Immersion Hypothermia
The Cold, Hard Facts; How Long Will You Last in Cold Water?; Getting Out of
the Drink
Frostbite
Predisposing Factors; Signs and Symptoms; Treatment; PreventionSunburn and
Heat Illness
Sunburn
Heat Illness
Handling the Heat; Types; PreventionLightning Injuries
Lightning's Physical Effects
Flashover Effect; Signs and Symptoms of Lightning Strike
Treatment of Lightning Injuries
Recognizing Lightning Injury; First Response; Group Therapy
Lightning Injury Prevention
What You Should Do in a Lightning Storm; Lightning Myths and
SuperstitionsDrowning and Near-Drowning
What It's All About
Definitions; How It Happens
Basic Lifesaving
Throw Him a Rope; Rescue Carries
Treatment
CPR; Postimmersion SyndromeSpider, Scorpion, Insect, and Snake Bites and
Stings
Spider Facts
Black Widow Spiders; Brown Spiders; Tarantulas
Scorpions
Signs and Symptoms of Scorpion Sting; Treatment and Prevention
Blood-Sucking Flying Insects
Mosquitoes; Blackflies
How to Protect Yourself Against Flying Insects
The Numbers Game; Avoidance; Physical Barriers; Chemical Deterrence
Stinging Insects
Sting Operation; Treatment and Prevention
Snakes
Identifying Snakes; Snake Physiology 101; The Cast of Characters; Modus
Operandi; Signs and Symptoms of Snakebite; Treatment of Snakebite;
Prevention of SnakebitePlant Dermatitis
Primary Irritant Plants
Thorns, Bristles, Hairs, and Chemicals; Treatment
Poison Ivy Dermatitis
Geographical Distribution; Susceptibility; Signs and Symptoms; Treatment;
PreventionInfectious DiarrheaGiardiasis, a.k.a. "Backpacker's Diarrhea";
Treatment; Prevention
Water Disinfection
Physical Methods; Chemical MethodsWhat It's All About
Acute Mountain Sickness
Too High, Too Fast; Symptoms; Treatment; Prevention; High-Altitude Cerebral
Edema; High-Altitude Pulmonary EdemaBlistersCauses; Treatment; Prevention
Other Foot Problems
Corns and Calluses; Ingrown Toenails; Athlete's FootBetween a Rock and a
Hard PlaceEvacuation Guidelines
Rescue Carries
One-Rescuer Carries; Two-Rescuer Carries
Litters
Pole Litter; Sleeping Bag Litter; Pole-and-Rope LitterWhat to TakeWound
Care Materials; Medicines; Miscellaneous
Index
Symptom Charts
Soft Tissue Injuries
Musculoskeletal Problems
Head and Neck Injuries
Chest and Abdominal Injuries
Eye, Ear, and Nose Problems
Hypothermia and Frostbite
Sunburn and Heat Illness
Lightning Injuries
Drowning and Near-Drowning
Spider, Scorpion, Insect, and Snake Bites and Stings
Plant Dermatitis
Infectious Diarrhea
High-Altitude Illness
Foot Problems