Wilderness and Rescue Medicine 8th Edition

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Wilderness and Rescue Medicine

Section VI: Backcountry Medicine.................................. 193 Chapter 24: An Approach to Illness...........194 Generic Assessment of the Ill Patient......194 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................195 Chapter 24 Review: An Approach to Illness...........................................................196 Chapter 25: Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat. ................................................................197 Red Eye........................................................197 Treatment of Red Eye.................................198 Foreign Body Injury...................................198 Sunburn.......................................................199 Infection. .....................................................199 Chemical Exposure....................................199 Contact Lenses............................................199 Nosebleed....................................................200 Treatment of Nosebleed.............................200 Dental Problems.........................................200 Dental Trauma............................................200 Dental Infection..........................................201 External Ear Infection................................202 Treatment of Swimmer’s Ear.....................202 Middle Ear Infection and Sinusitis. .........202 Treatment of Middle Ear Infection and Sinusitis........................................................203 Sore Throat..................................................204 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................204 Chapter 25 Review: Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat...................................................205 Chapter 26: Abdominal Pain.......................206 Practical Abdominal Anatomy.................206 Assessment of Abdominal Pain................207 Hollow Organ Problems............................207 Other Abdominal Problems......................208 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................209 Chapter 26 Review: Abdominal Pain. .....210 Chapter 27: Chest Pain.................................211 Myocardial Ischemia..................................211 Risk Factors.................................................212 Stable Angina..............................................212 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................213 Chapter 27 Review: Chest Pain. ...............214

Chapter 28: Gastrointestinal Problems......215 Diarrhea.......................................................215 Assessment of Diarrhea.............................215 Treatment of Diarrhea...............................216 Constipation................................................216 Treatment of Constipation........................216 Nausea and Vomiting.................................217 Treatment of Vomiting. .............................217 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................217 Chapter 28 Review: Gastrointestinal Problems......................................................218 Chapter 29: Genitourinary Problems........219 Vaginitis.......................................................219 Treatment of Vaginitis. ..............................220 Urinary Tract Infection. ............................220 Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection......221 Urinary Tract Obstruction........................222 Bladder Outlet Obstruction......................222 Kidney Stone...............................................222 Testicular Pain. ...........................................222 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................223 Chapter 29 Review: Genitourinary Problems......................................................224 Chapter 30: Respiratory Infection..............225 Respiratory Infection.................................225 Treatment of Respiratory Infection..........226 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................226 Chapter 30 Review: Respiratory Infection. .....................................................227 Chapter 31: Skin Rash...................................228 Serious or Not Serious?. ............................228 Local or Systemic?......................................228 The Not Serious Rash.................................229 Infection. .....................................................230 Infestation....................................................230 Local Allergy...............................................231 Trauma and Chemical Irritation..............231 Risk Versus Benefit in Skin Rash..............231 Chapter 31 Review: Skin Rash..................233 Chapter 32: Behavioral Issues......................234 Assessment of Behavioral Problems. .......234 Field Treatment of Behavioral Problems.235 Drug and Alcohol Overdose.....................235 Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal.................236 Chapter 32 Review: Behavioral Issues.....237