Wilderness and Rescue Medicine 8th Edition

iv

Wilderness and Rescue Medicine

Brief Contents

Section I: General Principles.......1 Chapter 1: General Principles of Physiology and Pathology.....................................................2 Chapter 2: General Principles of Wilderness Rescue.................................................................. 8 Chapter 3: Patient Assessment and the SOAP Format............................................................... 13 Section II: Critical Body Systems.......................................25 Chapter 4: The Circulatory System...............26 Chapter 5: The Respiratory System...............34 Chapter 6: The Nervous System....................42 Section III: Critical System Problems and Treatment...........55 Chapter 7: Basic and Advanced Life Support.............................................................. 56 Chapter 8: Allergy and Anaphylaxis.............64 Chapter 9: Severe Asthma..............................69 Chapter 10: Problems with Sugar..................72 Section IV: Trauma....................79 Chapter 11: General Principles of Trauma....80 Chapter 12: Pain Management......................85 Chapter 13: Musculoskeletal Injury..............90 Chapter 14: Dislocations. ............................. 103 Chapter 15: Spine Injury...............................112 Chapter 16: Wounds and Burns...................120

Section V: Environmental Medicine...................................137 Chapter 17: Thermoregulation..................... 138 Chapter 18: Cold Injuries.............................148 Chapter 19: Altitude Illness..........................155 Chapter 20: Medical Aspects of Avalanche Rescue.............................................................. 162 Chapter 21: Water-Related Injury...............166 Chapter 22: Lightning Injuries....................172 Chapter 23: Toxins, Envenomation, and Disease Vectors...............................................177 Section VI: Backcountry Medicine...................................195 Chapter 24: An Approach to Illness...........196 Chapter 25: Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat.......................................................199 Chapter 26: Abdominal Pain.......................208 Chapter 27: Chest Pain.................................213 Chapter 28: Gastrointestinal Problems......217 Chapter 29: Genitourinary Problems.........221 Chapter 30: Respiratory Infection..............227 Chapter 31: Skin Rash....................................230 Chapter 32: Behavioral Problems and Psychiatric Emergencies...........................236 Section VII: Roles, Responsibilities, and Technology...............................243 Chapter 33: The Expedition Medical Officer.............................................................. 244 Chapter 34: The Medical Role in Search and Rescue.............................................................. 247 Chapter 35: Appropriate Medical Technology...................................................... 251 Chapter 36: Training for Performance Under Stress................................................................ 255