Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care, 4th
by Buck TiltonFormat: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2002-04-01
Publisher(s): FalconGuides
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Summary
This book provides principles for dealing with many serious emergencies, and a few common problems, when a doctor is more than an hour away.
Author Biography
Buck Tilton is executive director of the Wilderness Medicine Institute, Inc., and author of six wilderness medicine books. He lives in Pitkin, Colorado.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 10 |
| Action Checklist | p. 11 |
| First on the Scene | p. 11 |
| Leadership | p. 11 |
| Size-Up the Scene | p. 12 |
| Initial Assessment | p. 13 |
| Focused Exam and History | p. 23 |
| Shock | p. 28 |
| Spine Injuries | p. 29 |
| Process for Clearing the Spine | p. 30 |
| Managing the Spine-Injured Patient | p. 30 |
| Head Injuries | p. 33 |
| Mild Head Injury | p. 33 |
| Severe Head Injury | p. 33 |
| Signs of a Skull Fracture | p. 34 |
| Signs of Obvious Brain Injury | p. 34 |
| Chest Injuries | p. 35 |
| Abdominal Injuries | p. 36 |
| Signs and Symptoms of Serious Abdominal Injury | p. 37 |
| Management of Abdominal Injury | p. 37 |
| Wound Management | p. 38 |
| Bleeding | p. 39 |
| Wound Cleaning | p. 39 |
| Wound Closure | p. 40 |
| Wound Dressing | p. 41 |
| Notes on Specific Wounds | p. 42 |
| Wound Infection | p. 43 |
| Burns | p. 43 |
| Initial Care | p. 44 |
| Evaluate the Burn | p. 44 |
| General Treatment for the Burn | p. 46 |
| General Treatment for the Patient | p. 47 |
| Musculoskeletal Injuries | p. 48 |
| Strains | p. 48 |
| Sprains | p. 48 |
| Fractures | p. 52 |
| Dislocations | p. 61 |
| Hypothermia | p. 65 |
| Signs of Hypothermia | p. 65 |
| Management of Hypothermia | p. 66 |
| Prevention of Hypothermia | p. 68 |
| Frostbite | p. 68 |
| Partial-Thickness Frostbite | p. 68 |
| Full-Thickness Frostbite | p. 69 |
| Prevention of Frostbite | p. 70 |
| Heat Illness | p. 70 |
| Heat Exhaustion | p. 71 |
| Heat Cramps | p. 71 |
| Heat Stroke | p. 72 |
| Hyponatremia | p. 73 |
| Prevention of Heat Illness | p. 74 |
| Lightning Injuries | p. 75 |
| Drowning | p. 76 |
| Bites and Stings | p. 77 |
| Small Insects | p. 77 |
| Bees and Their Relatives | p. 78 |
| Spiders | p. 78 |
| Scorpions | p. 79 |
| Ticks | p. 80 |
| Snakes | p. 80 |
| Rabies | p. 82 |
| Altitude Illness | p. 82 |
| Mild Altitude Illness | p. 82 |
| Severe Altitude Illness | p. 83 |
| Prevention of Altitude Illness | p. 83 |
| Medical Emergencies | p. 84 |
| Abdominal Pain | p. 84 |
| Allergic Reactions | p. 85 |
| Asthma | p. 86 |
| Diabetes | p. 87 |
| Heart Attack | p. 88 |
| Hyperventilation Syndrome | p. 88 |
| Seizures | p. 89 |
| Gender Specific Problems | p. 90 |
| For Women Only | p. 90 |
| For Men Only | p. 91 |
| Common Simple Problems | p. 92 |
| Blisters | p. 92 |
| Diarrhea | p. 93 |
| Dehydration | p. 94 |
| Dental Problems | p. 95 |
| Ear Problems | p. 97 |
| Eye Problems | p. 97 |
| Fishhook Removal | p. 97 |
| Headache | p. 99 |
| Nosebleed | p. 99 |
| Snowblindness | p. 100 |
| Splinters | p. 100 |
| Sunburn | p. 101 |
| Water Disinfection | p. 101 |
| First Aid for Children | p. 102 |
| Kids and Heat | p. 103 |
| Kids and Diarrhea | p. 104 |
| Kids and Dehydration | p. 104 |
| Kids and Sunshine | p. 105 |
| Kids and Insects | p. 106 |
| Kids and Poisons | p. 107 |
| Kids and Medications | p. 108 |
| Kids Get Lost | p. 108 |
| Kids and Ouchies | p. 108 |
| Advice to International Travelers | p. 109 |
| Malaria | p. 109 |
| Food and Water | p. 110 |
| Vaccinations | p. 111 |
| Sources of Information | p. 112 |
| Medical Kits | p. 112 |
| Non-Prescription Drugs | p. 113 |
| Prescription Drugs | p. 116 |
| Drug | p. 116 |
| Comments | p. 116 |
| Dosage | p. 116 |
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