Author: William Forgey
Publisher: Falcon
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 90
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.4 x 0.3

ISBN: 0762704918
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.989
EAN: 9780762704910
ASIN: 0762704918

Publication Date: September 1999
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge in an affordable and portable book.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

A comprehensive, essential reference September 12, 2007
This slim but content-packed volume goes far beyond the rudimentary information in most wilderness first aid texts. Forgey devotes the majority of the text to a readable explanation of how the body produces, retains, and loses heat, providing practical advice on avoiding hypothermia in the first place. The final third deals with the recognition and treatment of chronic and acute hypothermia, with clear and specific directions for treating the progressive stages of each. A final chapter on other dangers of cold rounds out the contents.

Although Dr. Forgey's wilderness medicine credentials are beyond dispute, the book would benefit greatly from a list of references. Its website has also disappeared without a trace.

These omissions, however, do little to mar the usefulness of this excellent reference, which belongs on the bookshelf of any outdoor adventurer.

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