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Expanded Contents

Section VII: Roles, Responsibilities, and Technology....................... 241 Chapter 33: The Expedition Medical Officer.................................................................242 Responsibilities...........................................242 Medical Screening......................................243 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................243 Chapter 33 Review: The Expedition Medical Officer. .........................................................244 Chapter 34: The Medical Role in Search and Rescue.................................................................245 Medical Roles..............................................245 Incident Management System. .................245 Response Preparation................................246 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................246 Chapter 34 Review: The Medical Role in Search and Rescue......................................248 Chapter 35: Appropriate Medical Technology.........................................................249 Backcountry Medical Equipment.............249 Medications.................................................250 Fluid Replacement......................................250 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................251 Chapter 35 Review: Appropriate Medical Technology..................................................252 Chapter 36: Training for Performance Under Stress...................................................................253 Stress and the Brain....................................253 How We Respond.......................................254 Improving the Odds...................................254 Risk Versus Benefit.....................................255 Chapter 36 Review: Training for Performance Under Stress.........................257

Appendix A: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Mnemonics ....................................................258 Appendix B: Conversion Tables..................260 Appendix C: Glasgow Coma Scale. ............261 Glossary ...........................................................262 Index ................................................................ 273 Photo and Image Credits ........................ 277