Wilderness and Rescue Medicine 8th Edition

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Expanded Contents

Treatment of Traumatic Amputation.......125 Rabies...........................................................126 Wound Infection. .......................................126 Treatment of Wound Infection.................126 Burns............................................................127 High-Risk Burns.........................................128 Treatment of Burns. ...................................129 Blisters..........................................................129 Treatment of Blisters..................................129 Risk Versus Benefit in Wound Care.........130 Chapter 16 Review: Wounds and Burns. 131 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).......150 Raynaud’s Phenomenon............................150 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................151 Chapter 18 Review: Cold Injuries............152 Chapter 19: Altitude Illness..........................153 Cerebral and Pulmonary Edema..............154 High-Altitude Cerebral Edema. ...............154 High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema............156 Other Altitude Illnesses.............................157 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................158 Chapter 19 Review: Altitude Illness.........159 Chapter 20: Medical Aspects of Avalanche Rescue.................................................................160 Treatment. ...................................................161 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................162 Chapter 20 Review: Medical Aspects of Avalanche Rescue.......................................163

Chapter 21: Water-Related Injury. ..............164 Drowning. ...................................................164 Treatment of Drowning Injury.................165 SCUBA Diving Injuries. ............................166 Pulmonary Overpressure Syndromes and Decompression Sickness. ..........................166 Ear Pain and Mask Squeeze. .....................168 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................168 Chapter 21 Review: Water-Related Injury............................................................169 Chapter 22: Lightning Injuries....................170 Lightning Injuries.......................................170 Scene Safety.................................................171 Treatment of Lightning Injury..................172 Prevention of Lightning Injury.................172 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................173 Chapter 22 Review: Lightning Injuries. ..174 Chapter 23: Toxins, Envenomation, and Disease Vectors..................................................175 Ingested Toxins...........................................176 Drug Overdose. ..........................................176 Food Poisoning...........................................176 Topical Toxins.............................................178 High-Risk Topical Exposure.....................178 Inhaled Toxins. ...........................................178 Injected Toxins............................................179 Snakebite......................................................180 Pit Vipers.....................................................180 Coral Snakes................................................181 Marine Toxins.............................................181 Spiny Injury.................................................181 Nematocyst Sting........................................182 Insects and Arachnids. ..............................183 Black Widow...............................................183 Brown Recluse. ...........................................184 Scorpions.....................................................184 Tick Paralysis. .............................................185 Arthropod Disease Vectors.......................185 Mosquitoes..................................................186 Fleas, Lice, and Mites.................................186 Insect Repellents.........................................188 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................188 Chapter 23 Review: Toxins, Envenomation, and Disease Vectors. ..................................190