Medicine for the Backcountry [Paperback]

Frank Hubbell (Author), Buck Tilton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1999

Directed at the layperson, this superbly useful book on wilderness medicine makes a fairly complicated subject easy to understand.

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From the Back Cover

When trouble strikes and your group is beyond the reach of 911, you're the one who has to help. Medicine for the Backcountry can prepare you for just about any major or minor medical emergency you might face in the outdoors. Using real-life anecdotes, step-by-step instructions, and clear illustrations, this invaluable guide shows you how to assess, manage, and care for: bone breaks and fractures, muscular injuries, heat and cold injuries, near drowning, spinal trauma, bites and stings and many other potential maladies. Each chapter also includes The Barehanded Principles - a point-by-point summary of the information you need to know to provide help in a hurry. Use Medicine for the Backcountry as both a practical handbook and a handy reference - and take it with you when your travels take you far from help. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2', 240 pages, illustrations)

About the Author

Buck Tilton, M.S., EMT Instructor/Coordinator, has been working in outdoor education and pre-hospital care for 25 years. He is executive director of the Wilderness Medicine Institute, Inc., Pitkin, Colorado. His articles on outdoor health and safety have appeared over 400 times in many national magazines. He is an active member of the Outdoors Writer's Association of America, author of eight other books, and a contributing editor for Backpacker Magazine. Frank Hubbell,D.O., EMT Instructor/Coordinator, has ben working in medicine and education for over 20 years. He is in private practice in family medicine and actively participates in mountain search and rescue. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 3rd edition (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762705272
• ISBN-13: 978-0762705276
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,080,634 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good As Far As It Goes, February 21, 2008

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Jim Morrison (Hansville, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medicine for the Backcountry (Paperback)

The authors are EMT's and have had wilderness experience. The book is similar to a number of other books on basic wilderness first aid but is lacking in at least a couple of areas. Various ways of making an improvised stretcher (litter) were not covered. Getting help and communicating with SAR is not covered. What is covered is all patient assessment and standard first aid as is protocol for EMT's. I was disappointed there wasn't more application to wilderness situations. "Medicine for the Outdoors" by Paul s. Auerbach is far more complete and deals better with the harsh realities you face with medical issues in the wilderness. I gave it 3 stars instead of 2 because it might be a starting place for someone with little experience in first aid. I would also like to see these types of books talk about prevention, at very least as an introduction to the topic.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to wilderness first aid, July 20, 2006

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Terry Nathan (Santa Fe, New Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Medicine for the Backcountry (Paperback)

Medicine for the Backcountry is a great general-purpose guide to wilderness medicine in the U.S. and Canada. For anyone needing to educate themselves on wilderness first aid, or in need of a book to take along on an extended trip, I can highly recommend it. I give it four instead of five stars only because it doesn't cover some of the more esoteric third-world illnesses and treatments.

5.0 out of 5 stars Just perfect!, August 22, 2009

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Debra Dawkins - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Medicine for the Backcountry (Paperback)

Thank you for having this book in your inventory. We are in the backwoods a great deal and I needed a guide that was small enough to carry, but comprehensive enough to be of value in the backwoods. This book is the best of its kind I have found. Thank you for your timeliness in sending the book and thank you for the book being in better than advertised condition. I will definately be checking the books you offer!