Wilderness and Rescue Medicine

A Guide to Practicing Medicine in Challenging Environments Wilderness and Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide for the Basic and Advanced Practitioner provides the critical insight and tools required to practice medicine in remote or challenging environments. There is no place in field medicine for unreasonable restrictions on the practical application of medical judgment--that is the guiding philosophy of this user-friendly guide. Wilderness and Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide for the Basic and Advanced Practitioner teaches readers how to improvise, adapt and exercise reasonable judgment at any level of medical training and in any difficult environment, from the desert to the oceans, from the backwoods to cities stricken by disaster. Grounded in the collective wisdom of hundreds of instructors, rescue personnel and medical practitioners, this text explores medical problems in a broad wilderness context--including cold injuries, altitude illness, diving and lightening injuries and toxins, among others--and pairs that exploration with the realities of solving such problems in the field, well outside the confines and comforts of mainstream medicine. Wilderness and Rescue Medicine: A Practical Guide for the Basic and Advanced Practitioner provides: - The most up-to-date guidance on practicing medicine in a wilderness context - An introduction to critical body systems and the general principals of trauma - Specific information on environmental and backcountry medicine - An examination of the medical role in search and rescue missions

Author: Jeffrey Isaac, David E. Johnson
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Published: 03/13/2012
Pages: 226
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.70h x 8.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780763789206

About the Author
Isaac, Jeffrey: - Jeffrey E. Isaac is a physician assistant with a particular interest in remote and extreme environments. He is a lead instructor and Curriculum Director for Wilderness Medical Associates International. His 30 years of experience in emergency medicine includes service as a fire fighter, EMT, professional ski patroller, search and rescue team leader, and medical practitioner in hospital emergency departments and ski area clinics. Jeff is also a licensed captain and an experienced blue water sailor, having logged thousands of miles in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and the Caribbean Sea. His outdoor resume includes 20 years as an instructor and course director with the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, as well as numerous treks by foot, horse, and canoe throughout North America.Johnson, David E.: - David E. Johnson is an emergency physician and the owner and president of Wilderness Medical Associated International. His experience in trans-Atlantic sailing expeditions, numerous land-based expeditions in North and South America, as well as urban emergency medicine has given him a very broad base of extended patient care in difficult and demanding situations. David is a frequent conference presenter and author, and has taught all levels of EMS and wilderness medicine courses throughout the US and in some of the most far-flung corners of the world. He is known for being firmly committed to the science behind the subject, as wells as its practical application at all levels of medical training. For these efforts, David has been recognized by Outward Bound USA with the McGory Award for outstanding contributions to experiential education.

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