Wilderness and Rescue Medicine 7th Edition Jeffrey Isaac, PA-C and David E. Johnson, MD

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Expanded Contents

Treatment of Traumatic Amputation.......124 Rabies...........................................................125 Wound Infection. .......................................125 Treatment of Wound Infection.................125 Burns............................................................126 High-Risk Burns.........................................127 Treatment of Burns....................................127 Blisters..........................................................128 Treatment of Blisters..................................128 Risk Versus Benefit in Wound Care.........129 Chapter 16 Review: Wounds and Burns. 130 Section V: Environmental Medicine...................................135 Chapter 17: Thermoregulation.....................136 Hypothermia...............................................137 Mild Hypothermia.....................................138 Severe Hypothermia. .................................140 Heat-Related Illness...................................142 Heat Exhaustion.........................................142 Heat Stroke..................................................143 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................144 Chapter 17 Review: Thermoregulation...145 Chapter 18: Cold Injuries.............................146 Frostbite.......................................................146 Superficial Frostbite. ..................................146 Deep Frostbite.............................................147 Prevention of Frostbite..............................149 Trench Foot.................................................149 Treatment of Trench Foot (or Hand).......149 Raynaud’s Phenomenon............................150 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................150 Chapter 18 Review: Cold Injuries............151 Chapter 19: Altitude Illness..........................152 Cerebral and Pulmonary Edema..............153 High-Altitude Cerebral Edema................153 High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema............155 Other Altitude Illnesses.............................156 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................157 Chapter 19 Review: Altitude Illness.........158 Chapter 20: Medical Aspects of Avalanche Rescue. ............................................................159 Treatment....................................................160 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................161 Chapter 20 Review: Medical Aspects of

Avalanche Rescue.......................................162 Chapter 21: Water Related Injury................163 Drowning. ...................................................163 Treatment of Drowning Injury.................164 SCUBA Diving Injuries.............................165 Pulmonary Overpressure Syndromes and Decompression Sickness. ..........................165 Ear Pain and Mask Squeeze......................166 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................167 Chapter 21 Review: Water Related Injury............................................................168 Chapter 22: Lightning Injuries....................169 Lightning Injuries.......................................169 Scene Safety.................................................170 Treatment of Lightning Injury..................171 Prevention of Lightning Injury.................171 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................172 Chapter 22 Review: Lightning Injuries. ..173 Chapter 23: Toxins, Envenomation, and Disease Vectors..............................................174 Ingested Toxins...........................................175 Drug Overdose...........................................175 Food Poisoning...........................................175 Topical Toxins.............................................177 High-Risk Topical Exposure.....................177 Inhaled Toxins............................................177 Injected Toxins............................................178 Snakebite......................................................178 Pit Vipers.....................................................178 Coral Snakes................................................179 Marine Toxins.............................................180 Spiny Injury.................................................180 Nematocyst Sting........................................181 Insects and Arachnids. ..............................182 Black Widow...............................................182 Brown Recluse. ...........................................183 Centruroidies..............................................183 Tick Paralysis..............................................183 Arthropod Disease Vectors.......................183 Mosquitoes..................................................185 Fleas, Lice, and Mites.................................185 Insect Repellents.........................................186 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................187 Chapter 23 Review: Toxins, Envenomation, and Disease Vectors. ..................................188