Overview

This revised edition of ""NOLS Wilderness First Aid"" reflects the changing field of wilderness medicine. Designed as a field textbook for the NOLS wilderness first aid curriculum, its purpose is to train outdoor leaders to prevent, recognise, and treat common medical problems and to stabilise a severely ill or injured patient for evacuation. A vital resource for outdoor enthusiasts, it covers the fundamental topics in first aid - patient assessment, shock, soft tissue injury, burns, fractures and dislocations, and chest, head, and abdominal injury. It explains how to handle environmental problems posed by heat, cold, water, altitude, and poisonous plants and animals. Also discussed are common medical issues such as cardiac and respiratory conditions, and diabetes, allergies, anaphylaxis, and gender-based medical problems. The final section deals with issues related to expedition medicine - water disinfection, hygiene, hydration, flu-like illness, dental problems - as well as leadership, stress, and legal topics.

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A wilderness educator since 1973, Tod Schimelpfenig is the curriculum director for the NOLS Wilderness Medicine Institute. He lives in Lander, Wyoming.

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