Description
Wilderness First Responder is a comprehensive text for the recognition, remedy, and prevention of backcountry emergencies. You’ll want to reading for wilderness educators, commute leaders, guides, search and rescue groups, and anyone who works or plays far from definitive medical care.
This invaluable resource includes expert, step by step instructions, clear illustrations, and āSigns and Symptomsā sidebars designed to help anyone provide immediate care in the wildernessāwhenever they are more than an hour away from an ambulance or a hospital. It shows how to conduct a patient assessment, improvise when ideal materials don’t seem to be handy, and make a decision whether or not to evacuate a patient. Readers will Learn to assess and treat:
- Airway obstructions
- Cardiac arrest
- External and internal bleeding
- Shock
- Spine injuries
- Head injuries
- Chest injuries
- Abdominal injuries
- Fractures and dislocations
- Athletic injuries
- Soft-tissue injuries
- Cold- or heat-induced injuries
- Altitude sickness
- Insect bites & stings
- Diabetic emergencies
- Poisoning emergencies
- Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis
- And much, much more
Learn to assess things like: Shock, injuries, poison emegencies and the like.
Includes expert, step by step instructions, clear illustrations, and “Signs and Symptoms” sidebars designed to help anyone provide immediate care in the wilderness
Buck TiltonĀ is co-founder of the Wildernes Medicine Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), which has develop into the largest school of wilderness medicine on this planet.