Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
| Author | : Eric A. Weiss |
| Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2017-04-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780323528375 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0323528376 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Drs. Eric Weiss and Douglas Sward have assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Article topics include: Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of High Altitude Illness; Out-of-hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia; Arthropod Envenomation in North America; North American Snake Envenomation; Cutting Edge Management of Frostbite;Updates in Decompression Illness; Marine Envenomation; Is There a Doctor on Board: Medical Emergencies at 40,000 Feet; Translating Battlefield Medicine to Wilderness Medicine; The Application of Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Austere Environments; Wilderness EMS Systems; Preparing for International Travel & Global Medical Care; and Medical-legal Issues in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine.
