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Section III: Critical System Problems and Treatment.......... 55 Chapter 7: Basic and Advanced Life Support................................................................. 56 Respiratory Failure.......................................56 Circulatory Failure.......................................58 Cardiac Arrest...............................................58 Severe Bleeding and Shock..........................59 Brain Failure..................................................61 Risk Versus Benefit in BLS..........................61 Chapter 7 Review: Basic and Advanced Life Support. ......................................................... 63 Chapter 8: Allergy and Anaphylaxis.............64 Allergy............................................................ 64 Anaphylaxis................................................... 65 Treatment of Anaphylaxis...........................66 Risk Versus Benefit.......................................67 Chapter 8 Review: Allergy and Anaphylaxis................................................... 68 Chapter 9: Severe Asthma..............................69 Risk Versus Benefit.......................................70 Chapter 9 Review: Severe Asthma.............71 Chapter 10: Problems with Sugar..................72 Diabetic Emergencies..................................72 Hypoglycemia............................................... 72 Treatment of Hypoglycemia.......................73 Risk Versus Benefit.......................................74 Chapter 10 Review: Problems with Sugar.75 Section IV: Trauma................... 79 Chapter 11: General Principles of Trauma....80 Energy and Injury........................................80 Deceleration.................................................. 81 Cavitation...................................................... 81 Pay Attention to the History.......................82 Problems Are Cumulative...........................82 Critical Systems Come First........................82 Chapter 11 Review: General Principles of Trauma........................................................... 84 Chapter 12: Pain Management.......................85 Pain Medication............................................85 Risk Versus Benefit.......................................87 Chapter 12 Review: Pain Management.....89

Chapter 13: Musculoskeletal Injury..............90 Structure and Function................................90 Unstable Injury.............................................91 Traction into Position..................................93 Special Wilderness Considerations............95 Femur Fracture.............................................95 Pelvic Fracture..............................................96 Clavicle Fracture...........................................96 Compartment Syndrome............................97 Open Fracture...............................................97 Joint Infection...............................................98 Impending Surgery......................................98 Stable Injury..................................................98 Overuse Syndromes.....................................99 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................100 Chapter 13 Review: Musculoskeletal Injury............................................................ 102 Chapter 14: Dislocations............................... 103 Shoulder Dislocations................................104 Treatment of Shoulder Dislocation..........105 Patella Dislocation......................................107 Treatment of Patella Dislocation..............107 Dislocations of Finger and Toes...............108 Treatment of Digit Dislocation.................108 Difficult Dislocations.................................109 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................109 Chapter 14 Review: Dislocations.............111 Chapter 15: Spine Injury...............................112 Field Assessment of Spine Injury.............113 No Spine Injury..........................................115 Low-Risk Spine Injury...............................115 High-Risk Spine Injury..............................116 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................117 Chapter 15 Review: Spine Injury..............119 Chapter 16: Wounds and Burns..................120 Wounds........................................................ 121 Wound Assessment....................................121 Low-Risk Wounds......................................121 High-Risk Wounds.....................................122 Field Treatment of Wounds......................123 Impaled Objects..........................................125 Bandages and Dressings for a Hostile Environment............................................... 125 Evisceration................................................. 127 Traumatic Amputation..............................127