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...a comprehensive guide to expedition planning and clinical field management in a host of hostile environments...whether you are a leather-skinned expedition leader, or simply considering travelling to unusual territory, a copy of this book, tucked into the to of your rucksack, will be one piece of extra weight you'll be glad you opted for. (British Journal of Hospital Medicine )
The book describes so many risks from plants and fungi, animals, food, water and poor hygiene that it is a wonder than anyone travels at all. (Nursing Standard )
The book describes so many risks from plants and fungi, animals, food, water and poor hygiene that it is a wonder than anyone travels at all. (Nursing Standard )
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Written by experienced expeditioners, the handbook is organized in to eight main sections and includes information on fieldcraft, diagnosis and treatment of medical problems encountered during an expedition (divided anatomically), environmental hazards, crisis management and issues to be dealt with after returning home. It also covers basic information about how to plan for an expedition, how to keep the expedition members healthy, how to diagnose and manage their medical problems in remote environments and provide brief summaries of medical problems peculiar to different expedition environments. This pocket-sized book contains all you need to know to minimise health risks, to protect your health and to deal with unexpected medical problems while you are travelling in remote, wilderness areas of the world.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an invaluable for anyone entertaining an expedition away from established medical care facilities.
It is well indexed, has a couple of handy textile bookmarks built-in, and can be interpreted by anyone with more than a passing interest in medical welfare. There is a healthy exploration of risk and its management, prompts to think about necessary contingencies and medical kit. Importantly it stresses ethical considerations when travelling into other cultures.
It is well indexed, has a couple of handy textile bookmarks built-in, and can be interpreted by anyone with more than a passing interest in medical welfare. There is a healthy exploration of risk and its management, prompts to think about necessary contingencies and medical kit. Importantly it stresses ethical considerations when travelling into other cultures.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent and portable manual for medics, nurses and paramedics covering every medical eventuality. It is written by the best in the field and based on sound remote-region experience. Thoroughly excellent, printed on lightweight paper. There are lots of lists, tables, bullet points, flow-charts, useful line illustrations and four pages of colour photos of 'difficult' rashes and sores. The small format and waterproof cover allows it to be slipped into a rucksack side-pocket easily.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If your looking for a book that fits the title you will not go far wrong. Lots of information, well indexed and compact. Recomended to me by a senior doctor I bought it, even though I thought it was expensive. I have no regrets, its a life purchase for home, camping, travelling, sailing and expeditions etc... I don't often recommend stuff but this I will.
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Got this cos I am a trainned first aider. I live in a rural village and with the bad weather coming I want to restoke my medical bag also my textbook. Read more
Published 7 months ago by conor
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I think I read in another review of this book somewhere before I purchased it that it was so detailed that you might just feel safer staying at home rather than go travelling after... Read more
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