
Auerbach's Wilderness Medicine - 2-Volume Set
- 8th Edition - May 1, 2028
- Latest edition
- Editor: N. Stuart Harris
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 8 4 3 9 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 8 4 4 0 - 0
With a new, expert team of editors in place, the 8th Edition of Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine, will carry forward and expand the legacy of legendary Emergency Medicine physician… Read more
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With a new, expert team of editors in place, the 8th Edition of Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine, will carry forward and expand the legacy of legendary Emergency Medicine physician and outdoor enthusiast, Dr. Paul Auerbach. Dr. N. Stuart Harris and an expert team of preeminent emergency and wilderness medicine experts lead this exciting new edition. The text provides readers with the knowledge they need to quickly and decisively manage medical emergencies encountered in the wilderness or other extreme, austere settings. Highly visual and illustrated, this proven, practical text offers the latest evidence-based guidance on nearly any scenario one might encounter where time and resources and scarce. Now expanded to include coverage of other topics in environment and climate medicine, this text continues to be a one-of-a-kind resource for physicians treating patients in challenging and time-sensitive scenarios.
- Gold standard for evidence-based management of medical emergencies in the wilderness or other austere settings
- Two-volume format with additional electronic content in the eBook
- Thousands of step-by-step procedural illustrations, clinical photos, graphics, and algorithms to illustrate key concepts throughout the text
- Broad range of high-yield content types throughout the book, including Key Points, Differential Diagnoses, and Clinical Presentation boxes, as well as other tables and glossaries
- Videos and other educational links included in the enhanced eBook
Emergency Medicine physicians
(Not Final/Previous Edition TOC) 1.High-Altitude Physiology 2.High-Altitude Medicine and Pathophysiology 3.High Altitude and Preexisting Medical Conditions 4.Avalanches 5.Lightning-Related Injuries and Safety 6.Thermoregulation 7.Accidental Hypothermia 8.Immersion into Cold Water 9.Frostbite 10.Nonfreezing Cold-Induced Injuries 11.Polar Medicine 12.Pathophysiology of Heat-Related Illnesses 13.Clinical Management of Heat-Related Illnesses 14.Wildland Fires: Dangers and Survival 15.Emergency Care of the Burned Patient 16.Exposure to Radiation from the Sun 17.Volcanic Eruptions, Hazards, and Mitigation 18.Wilderness Trauma and Surgical Emergencies * 19.Emergency Airway Management 20.Management of Facial Injuries 21.Wound Management 22.Wilderness Orthopedics 23.Splints and Slings 24.Taping and Bandaging 25.Foot Problems and Care 26.Hunting and Fishing Injuries 27.Tactical Medicine 28.Combat and Casualty Care 29.Injury Prevention : Decision Making, Safety, and Accident Avoidance 30.Bites and Injuries Inflicted by Wild and Domestic Animals 31.Rabies 32.Bear Behavior and Attacks 33.Alligator and Crocodile Attacks 34.Wilderness-Acquired Zoonoses 35.Bites by Venomous Reptiles in Canada, the United States, and Mexico 36.Bites by Venomous and Nonvenomous Reptiles Worldwide 37.Ranch and Rodeo Medicine 38.Emergency Veterinary Medicine 39.Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases 40.Malaria 41.Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism 42.Tick-Borne Diseases 43.Spider Bites 44.Scorpion Envenomation 45.Protection from Blood-Feeding Arthropods 46.Improvised Medicine in the Wilderness 47.Principles of Pain Management 48.The Eye in the Wilderness 49.Wilderness Dentistry 50.Wilderness Cardiology 51.Wilderness Neurology 52.Mental Health in the Wilderness 53.Chronic Diseases and Wilderness Activities 54.Wilderness Emergency Medical Services and Response Systems 55.Search and Rescue 56.Technical Rescue, Self-Rescue, and Evacuation 57.Litters and Carries 58.Helicopter Rescue and Air Medical Transport 59.Essentials of Wilderness Survival 60.Jungle Travel and Survival 61.Desert Travel and Survival 62.Whitewater Medicine and Rescue 63.Caving and Cave Rescue 64.Plant-Induced Dermatitis 65.Toxic Plant Ingestions 66.Toxic Mushroom Ingestions 67.Seasonal and Acute Allergic Reactions 68.Ethnobotany : Plant-Derived Medical Therapy 69.Drowning and Submersion Injuries 70.Safety and Survival at Sea 71.Diving Medicine 72.Hyperbaric Medicine 73.Injuries From Nonvenomous Aquatic Animals 74.Envenomation by Aquatic Invertebrates 75.Envenomation by Aquatic Vertebrates 76.Aquatic Skin Disorders 77.Seafood Toxidromes 78.Seafood Allergies 79.Travel Medicine 80.Expedition Medicine 81.Non–North American Travel and Exotic Diseases 82.Infectious Diarrhea from Wilderness and Foreign Travel 83.Natural Disaster Management 84.Global Humanitarian Medicine and Disaster Relief 85.Natural and Human-Made Hazards : Disaster Risk Management Issues 86.Global Crimes, Incarceration, and Quarantine 87.Nutrition, Malnutrition, and Starvation 88.Field Water Disinfection 89.Dehydration and Rehydration 90.Living Off the Land 91.Children in the Wilderness 92.Women in the Wilderness 93.Older Adults in the Wilderness 94.Persons With Disabilities in the Wilderness 95.Physiology of Exercise, Conditioning, and Performance Training for Wilderness Adventure 96.Exercise, Conditioning, and Performance Training 97.Wilderness and Endurance Events 98.Canyoneering and Canyon Medicine 99.Cycles, Snowmobiles, and Other Wilderness Conveyances 100.Medical Liability and Wilderness Emergencies 101.Ethics of Wilderness Medicine 102.Wilderness Preparation, Equipment, and Medical Supplies 103.Emergency Oxygen Administration 104.Telemedicine in the Wilderness 105.Wilderness and Global Communications and Techniques 106.Wilderness Navigation Techniques 107.Principles of Meteorology and Weather Prediction 108.Ropes and Knot Tying 109.Ultrasound in the Wilderness 110.Outdoor Clothing for the Wilderness Professional 111.Nonmedical Backcountry Equipment for Wilderness Professionals 112.Native American Healing 113.Wilderness Medicine Education 114.MedWAR : Medical Wilderness Adventure Race 115.Evidence-Based Wilderness Medicine 116.National Park Service Medicine 117.Genomics in Wilderness Medicine 118.Wilderness Management and Preservation 119.The Changing Environment 120.Biodiversity and Human Health 121.Health Implications of Environmental Change 122.Sustainability : Leave No Trace 123.Brief Introduction to Oceanography 124.Brief Introduction to Forestry 125.Brief Introduction to Earth Sciences 126.Space Medicine : The Next Frontier Appendix: Drug Stability in the Wilderness
- Edition: 8
- Latest edition
- Published: May 1, 2028
- Language: English
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N. Stuart Harris
Chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Division of Wilderness Medicine, Director of the MGH Wilderness Medicine Fellowship. attending physician in the MGH Emergency Department , Associate Professor of Emergency at Harvard Medical School (HMS).
Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Division of Wilderness Medicine; Fellowship Director, MGH Wilderness Medicine Fellowship, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Milton, Massachusetts; Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts