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The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook: Revised Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeffrey Isaac
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 422917
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1558216820
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.0252
EAN: 9781558216822
ASIN: 1558216820
Publication Date: April 1, 1998
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The Handbook covers most of the medical emergencies one must be prepared to face while recreating off the beaten path. For example: Your mountain biking partner crashes and is sitting in the trail with blood on his face from a scalp wound. What do you do? "Your first instinct is to wipe the blood away and help him up. This is a perfectly natural reaction, but it's dead wrong. Stabilize his neck until you are certain there is no spine injury or other major body system problem, then worry about the laceration." Or: You're caught in an electrical storm while backpacking. Now what? "In the field, the best tactic is to squat with your feet together as low as you can, ideally on your foam pad or backpack, which will help insulate you from ground current...Theoretically, there is a safety zone on the ground about 45 degrees out from the top of a tall object." Covering general emergency medical procedures as well as specific symptoms and accidents--everything from avalanches to snakebites to hypothermia--the Handbook is well-organized, thorough, and practical. But like any useful first-aid guide, it also discusses proper preventative measures and responsible outdoors behavior.
Book Description
Treat everything from a sprain to a life-threatening injury; updated with the latest techniques.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Most have for campers. January 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After the course with Wilderness Medical Associates, I bought the book to have as a referance. It became much more as I learned more then I thought. It is a book that anyone going into the wilderness should have.
 Outward bound wilderness first aid handbook January 29, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
An excellent book. Rather than discussing different catagories of injuries and medical issues peice-meal, it presents basic underlying principles and a system for approaching accidents and medical issues then discusses accidents through that system. It is the most cohesive, integrated wilderness first aid text I have come accross. It uses simple language, and gets the job done without being overly technical (but it is not dumbed-down). It is so accessible and well put together you will actually pick it up and refer back to it (with ease). It is simply a very practical and clear book on wilderness medicine.
provides in-depth understanding of body systems and effects. August 29, 1999
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is simple for the layman to understand. Provides good detail into how the body reacts to wounds, infection, loss of blood etc. Educates the reader to understand the body systems which makes proper treatment understandable and predictable. No more trying to memorize what to do for this injury or that.
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