Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care, 5th (Falcon Guide) [Paperback]

Buck Tilton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Falcon Guide | Publication Date: May 1, 2007

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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From the Back Cover

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!

About the Author

Buck Tilton, MS, WEMT, has more than thirty years of experience in first aid and extended care. Known and respected worldwide, he has spent most of his adult life instructing outdoor enthusiasts in wilderness medicine. He is cofounder of the Wilderness Medicine Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School in Lander, Wyoming. He has written more than 1,000 magazine articles and authored or coauthored twenty-four books, including Wilderness First Responder, Medicine for the Backcountry, and Basic Essentials Rescue from the Backcountry. In addition to his many writing and teaching responsibilities, Tilton serves as a medical consultant to Wisconsin Pharmacal Company in Jackson, Wisconsin. He lives in Lander with his wife, Kat, his son, Zachary, and his daughter, BaoXin Cheyenne.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: FalconGuides; 5th edition (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762743573
• ISBN-13: 978-0762743575
• Product Dimensions: 4 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very fine small first aid manual, February 6, 2009

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T. Faranda "Tom Faranda" (Croton, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care, 5th (Falcon Guide) (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 125 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.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful for review, June 24, 2011

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John Brady (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care, 5th (Falcon Guide) (Paperback)

This short (117 pages) booklet was included in the materials distributed during a recent NOLS/Wilderness Medicine Institute Wilderness First Aid class. It would probably be most useful as a refresher or review for someone who has taken this or equivalent training, but I would not recommend as a primary reference in your first aid kit.

The book provides sound and practical advice for dealing with emergencies when immediate medical care is not accessible; the writing style is clear and straightforward. Given those qualities, you could treat minor injuries using this text, if not under stress.

However, the book binding does not lay flat and most of the information is organized in paragraphs, rather than in charts or flow diagrams. If you're reading this for the first time while trying to cope with an injury, that may not be the best format.

For the price point, this is not a bad addition to a first aid kit. If you can spend slightly more and can deal with a larger size of book in your first aid supplies, consider NOLS Wilderness Medicine: 4th Edition (ISBN-10: 9780811733069) or possibly The Field Guide of Wilderness & Rescue Medicine (ISBN-10: 0970464606). The former provides much more detailed information on wilderness medical care, while the latter is spiral bound on waterproof paper and contains more charts and step-by-step flows.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Resource, November 29, 2008

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J. Huber - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backcountry First Aid and Extended Care, 5th (Falcon Guide) (Paperback)

This is a good resource for first aid. It is small enough that you can take it in your pack with out worrying about space and weight. It is a little dated. It follows with NOLS Wilderness First Responder (textbook) by the same author.