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Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Gregory H. Bledsoe
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Description for Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
hardcover. This book covers everything a prospective field physician needs to prepare for when beginning a wilderness expedition. Num Pages: 772 pages, 41 b/w illus. 349 colour illus. 9 maps 109 tables. BIC Classification: MMK; MMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 225 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2688.
With an increase in visits to remote and dangerous locations around the world, the number of serious and fatal injuries and illnesses associated with these expeditions has markedly increased. Medical personnel working in or near such locations are not always explicitly trained in the management of unique environmental injuries, such as high-altitude sickness, the bends, lightning strikes, frostbite, acute dehydration, venomous stings and bites, and tropical diseases. Many health care professionals seek training in the specialty of wilderness medicine to cope with the health risks faced when far removed from professional care resources, and the American College of Emergency Medicine ... Read more
With an increase in visits to remote and dangerous locations around the world, the number of serious and fatal injuries and illnesses associated with these expeditions has markedly increased. Medical personnel working in or near such locations are not always explicitly trained in the management of unique environmental injuries, such as high-altitude sickness, the bends, lightning strikes, frostbite, acute dehydration, venomous stings and bites, and tropical diseases. Many health care professionals seek training in the specialty of wilderness medicine to cope with the health risks faced when far removed from professional care resources, and the American College of Emergency Medicine ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
772
Condition
New
Number of Pages
772
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521868730
SKU
V9780521868730
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-3
About Gregory H. Bledsoe
Dr Gregory H. Bledsoe is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the founder and CEO of ExpedMed. After completing medical school and residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dr Bledsoe spent five years on faculty at the Johns Hopkins University, completing a fellowship in international emergency medicine and a master's ... Read more
Reviews for Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
"An excellent resource for expedition medical officers; however, even non-medical wilderness travelers will benefit greatly from the book's many valuable discussions on wilderness travel and wilderness medical care. ... Whether part of an organized rescue group yourself or just an armchair rescue enthusiast, such books call attention to the dangers of wilderness misadventure and can only serve to improve the ... Read more