Auerbach's Wilderness Medicine, 2-Volume Set
- 7th Edition - September 21, 2016
- Latest edition
- Authors: Paul S. Auerbach, Tracy A. Cushing, N. Stuart Harris
- Language: English
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Emergency Medical Services**Now in its 7th edition, Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine continues to help you quickly and decisively manage m… Read more
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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Emergency Medical Services**
Now in its 7th edition, Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine continues to help you quickly and decisively manage medical emergencies encountered in any wilderness or other austere setting! World-renowned authority Dr. Paul Auerbach and 2 new associate editors have assembled a team of experts to offer proven, practical, visual guidance for effectively diagnosing and treating the full range of issues that can occur in situations where time and resources are scarce. Now in an exciting 2-volume set that includes convenient online access, this indispensable resource equips physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, first responders, and rescuers with the essential knowledge and skills to effectively address and prevent injuries and illnesses – no matter where they happen!
Key features
Key features
- Brand-new 2-volume format ensures all content is available in print and online to provide you easy access.
- Face any medical challenge in the wilderness with expert guidance from hundreds of outstanding world experts edited by Dr. Auerbach and 2 new associate editors, Drs.Tracy Cushing and N. Stuart Harris
- New and expanded chapters with hundreds of new photos and illustrative drawings </B>help increase your visual understanding of the material
- Acquire the knowledge and skills you need with revised chapters providing expanded discussions of high-altitude medicine, improvisation, technical rescue, telemedicine, ultrasound, and wilderness medicine education
- Ten new chapters cover Acute High-Altitude Medicine and Pathophysiology; High Altitude and Pre-Existing Medical Conditions; Cycles, Snowmobiles, and other Wilderness Conveyances; Medical Wilderness Adventure Races (MedWAR); Canyoneering and Canyon Medicine; Evidence-Based Wilderness Medicine; National Park Service Medicine; Genomics and Personalized Wilderness Medicine; Forestry; and Earth Sciences
- 30+ Expert Consult online videos cover survival tips, procedural demonstrations, and detailed explanations of diseases and incidents
- Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience </B>allows you to search all of the text, figures, images, videos, and references from the book on a variety of devices
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. High-Altitude Medicine and Physiology
2. Avalanches
3. Lightning Injuries
PART 2 Cold and Heat
4. Thermoregulation
5. Accidental Hypothermia
6. Immersion Into Cold Water
7. Nonfreezing Cold-Induced Injuries
8. Frostbite
9. Polar Medicine
10. Pathophysiology of Heat-Related Illnesses
11. Clinical Management of Heat-Related llnesses
PART 3 Burns, Fire, and Radiation
12. Wildland Fires: Dangers and Survival
13. Emergency Care of the Burned Victim
14. Exposure to Radiation From the Sun
15. Volcanic Eruptions, Hazards, and Mitigation
PART 4 Injuries and Medical Interventions
16. Injury Prevention: Decision Making, Safety, and Accident Avoidance
17. Principles of Pain Management
18. Taping and Bandaging
19. Splints and Slings
20. Emergency Airway Management
21. Wilderness Trauma and Surgical Emergencies
22. Wound Management
23. Improvised Medicine in the Wilderness
24. Hunting and Fishing Injuries
25. Tactical Medicine
26. Combat and Casualty Care
27. Wilderness Orthopedics
28. The Eye in the Wilderness
29. Foot Problems and Care
30. Wilderness Dentistry
31. Management of Facial Injuries
32. Wilderness Cardiology
33. Wilderness Neurology
34. Chronic Diseases and Wilderness Activities
35. Mental Health in the Wilderness
PART 5 Rescue and Survival
36. Wilderness Emergency Medical Services and Response Systems
37. Search and Rescue
38. Technical Rescue, Self-Rescue, and Evacuation
39. Litters and Carries
40. Helicopter Rescue and Aeromedical Transport
41. Essentials of Wilderness Survival
42. Principles of Meteorology and Weather Prediction
43. Jungle Travel and Survival
44. Desert Travel and Survival
45. Whitewater Medicine and Rescue
46. Caving and Cave Rescue
PART 6 Animals, Insects, and Zoonoses
47. Protection from Blood-Feeding Arthropods
48. Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases
49. Malaria
50. Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism
51. Tick-Borne Diseases
52. Spider Bites
53. Scorpion Envenomation
54. Bites by Venomous Reptiles in Canada, the United States, and Mexico
55. Envenoming and Injuries by Venomous and Nonvenomous Reptiles Worldwide
56. Bites and Injuries Infl icted by Wild and Domestic Animals
57. Bear Behavior and Attacks
58. Alligator and Crocodile Attacks
59. Wilderness-Acquired Zoonoses
60. Rabies
61. Emergency Veterinary Medicine
PART 7 Plants
62. Seasonal and Acute Allergic Reactions
63. Plant-Induced Dermatitis
64. Toxic Plant Ingestions
65. Toxic Mushroom Ingestions
66. Ethnobotany: Plant-Derived Medical Therapy
PART 8 Food and Water
67. Field Water Disinfection
68. Infectious Diarrhea From Wilderness and Foreign Travel
69. Nutrition, Malnutrition, and Starvation
70. Dehydration, Rehydration, and Hyperhydration
71. Living Off the Land
72. Seafood Toxidromes
73. Seafood Allergies
PART 9 Marine Medicine
74. A Brief Introduction to Oceanography
75. Submersion Injuries and Drowning
76. Emergency Oxygen Administration
77. Diving Medicine
78. Hyperbaric Medicine
79. Injuries From Nonvenomous Aquatic Animals
80. Envenomation by Aquatic Invertebrates
81. Envenomation by Aquatic Vertebrates
82. Aquatic Skin Disorders
83. Safety and Survival at Sea
PART 10 Travel, Environmental Hazards, and Disasters
84. Travel Medicine
85. Non–North American Travel and Exotic Diseases
86. Natural Disaster Management
87. Expedition Medicine
88. Global Humanitarian Medicine and Disaster Relief
89. Natural and Human-Made Hazards: Disaster Risk Management Issues
PART 11 Equipment and Special Knowledge
90. Global Crimes, Incarceration, and Quarantine
91. Wilderness Preparation, Equipment, and Medical Supplies
92. Ultrasound and Telemedicine in the Wilderness
93. Outdoor Clothing for the Wilderness Professional
94. Nonmedical Backcountry Equipment for Wilderness Professionals
95. Ropes and Knot Tying
96. Wilderness Navigation Techniques and Communication Methods
PART 12 Special Populations and Considerations
97. Training for Wilderness Adventure
98. Exercise, Conditioning, and Performance Training
99. Children in the Wilderness
100. Women in the Wilderness
101. Elders in the Wilderness
102. Persons With Special Needs and Disabilities
103. Wilderness and Endurance Events
104. Ranch and Rodeo Medicine
105. Wilderness Medicine Education
106. Medical Liability and Wilderness Emergencies
107. The Ethics of Wilderness Medicine
108. Native American Healing
PART 13 The Wilderness
109 The Changing Environment
110. Biodiversity and Human Health
111. Health Implications of Environmental Change
112. Wilderness Management and Preservation
113. Leave No Trace
114. Space Medicine: The New Frontier
Appendix Drug Stability in the Wilderness
Review quotes
Review quotes
Doody's Core Titles® 2022
"If you can only afford to buy one textbook this year, make it Auerbach's Wilderness Medicine"
2017 BMA Awards: The BMA Illustrated Book Award
"This is the essential book for healthcare providers wishing to enhance their knowledge of urgent or emergency self-care and/or care for the masses during personal travel, exploration, or medical relief situations. The pairing of the print book with online access provides readers the portability required for world travel. This seventh edition is essential to present current state-of-the-art and cutting-edge information. As an emergency medicine physician and wilderness medicine enthusiast, I turn to Auerbach's as the authoritative gold standard." - Keith D Henry, MD, FAAEM (Regions Hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center) for Doody’s Review Services
Review of the previous edition:
"There is a reason a book makes it to a sixth edition. This is the definitive book on wilderness medicine. It is an excellent, thorough book on critical and exciting concepts in this still expanding realm. The topics are concise yet cover a broad spectrum of environments and clinical situations not commonly seen. A number of the subjects are not exclusive to wilderness situations and are applicable to everyday life in the emergency room and hospital. Although the book is large and heavy, possibly limiting its use in the field, the online version (access is provided with the purchase of the book) may be a viable option for those with portable devices." - Michael D. Zwank, MD, RDMS, FACEP(University of Minnesota Medical School) Doody 4 stars!
"When on vacation, who knows when you might need to treat a Gila-monster bite or use dental floss to close scalp lacerations? 'Wilderness Medicine,' edited by Paul S. Auerbach, professor of surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine's emergency division, has the answers." - Laura Landro, Wall Street Journal
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 7
- Latest edition
- Published: October 19, 2016
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Paul S. Auerbach
Dr. Auerbach holds his MD from Duke and completed his internship at Dartmouth and residency at UCLA. He is certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He has been recognized as a Hero of Emergency Medicine by the American College of Emergency Physicians and received the New Orleans Grand Isle Award for Science from the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, the Founders Award from the Wilderness Medical Society, and the Outstanding Contribution in Education Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians, among others. Dr. Auerbach has served as a volunteer physician in Haiti, Nepal, and Guatemala.
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Tracy A. Cushing
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