This book provides principles for dealing with many serious emergencies, and a few common problems, when a doctor is more than an hour away.
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Small enough to take in the field, this pocket-sized survival essential will benefit everyone in a wilderness setting. With information on treating shock victims, abdominal pain, sprains, fractures, dislocations and much more, this is an inexpensive way to save someone's life! (4 x 5 1/4, 120 pages, diagrams)
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Buck Tilton is executive director of the Wilderness Medicine Institute, Inc., and author of six wilderness medicine books. He lives in Pitkin, Colorado.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Book,
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This review is from: Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care (Paperback)
This is an awesome book to include in any first aid kit. I run my own outdoor adventure business and typically include this book in all of my first aid kits. It is concise and easy to understand, not to mention an invaluable reference in the backcountry.
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Excellent quick guide to wilderness medicine,
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This review is from: Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care (Paperback)
This is an easy to read nuts and bolts manual for wilderness medicine. Pictures and step by step instructions are easy to follow. The book is small and can pack easily and lightly.
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Very fine small first aid manual,
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This review is from: Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care, 4th (Paperback)
Backcountry First Aid is an excellent choice for a small manual or compendium about first aid treatments when you are in the outdoors. It is four inches by five and a half, and 120 pages long, so it will fit in a first aid kit or bag. The back cover has an "Action Index" that refers you to the pages for 47 different conditions or accidents. Topics like Bites and Stings, hypothermia, shock, water disinfection, etc, etc. The topics are covered very well - succinct and as comprehensive as you could hope for in a portable manual.
Of course it pays to read the manual before heading out, and in fact is valuable for anyone who wants to be ready for an accident or sudden sickness, whether in the wilderness, driving to work, or in your backyard. Highly recommended.
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Time is the essential element distinguishing first aid from extended care. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rescue breathing, bite site, injured side, consult your physician, heat illness, normal alignment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Time is the essential element distinguishing first aid from extended care. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rescue breathing, bite site, injured side, consult your physician, heat illness, normal alignment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Evacuation Guideline Evacuate, Spine Injuries, Initial Assessment New!
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- Medicine for the Backcountry by Frank Hubbell in Back Matter
- Avalanche Safety (Basic Essentials (Globe Pequot)) by Buck Tilton in Back Matter
- Climbing Self Rescue: Improvising Solutions for Serious Situations (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert) by Andy Tyson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- How to Think Like a Survivor: A Guide for Wilderness Emergencies by Tom Watson on page 148, and Back Matter
- NOLS Wilderness Medicine: 4th Edition (NOLS Library) by Tod Schimelpfenig in Back Matter
- Joy Of Hiking: Hiking The Trailmaster Way by John McKinney in Back Matter
- The Packing Book: Secrets of the Carry-On Traveler by Judith Gilford in Back Matter
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