-- Easily fit in a first aid kit, backpack, or glove compartment -- Handy, concise information that could save a life When things go wrong in the backcountry or elsewhere, these compact guides are indispensable. Written by a medical doctor, they provide the step-by-step response required to face a medical crisis or survival situation. A Pocket Guide offers the necessary steps to surviving a broad scope of emergency situations -- from broken bones, bleeding, and snakebites to shelter from the cold and being stranded in a car or boat. All are presented in a concise, accessible manner.
That me, in the blue coat. If you read Mountain Rescue Doctor, you might remember the Coda in which I describe a midnight rescue mission in the middle of a blizzard on Oregon's Mount Hood. We're using the Mountain Locator Unit to search for a group of missing climbers.
So, yes, when my mountain rescue beeper goes off, the call may take me racing up a mountain peak to rescue an injured hiker, scaling a rocky ledge to intubate a hiker who has fallen over a cliff, into a blizzard to search for missing skiers, or to a mountain airplane crash scene for body recovery with my team, Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue group in the nation.
But, I also have a day job, one that pays money. I work as a author, consultant and physician in wilderness and travel medicine. In addition to clinic work, I've written for National Geographic Adventure and other magazines and I edit Wilderness Medicine magazine.
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