Medicine for the Outdoors: The Essential Guide to Emergency Medical Procedures and First Aid - Softcover

Auerbach, Paul S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323068138 ISBN 13: 9780323068130

Publisher: Mosby, 2009

Synopsis

This title is named a top 10 medical title in 2009 by the "Wall Street Journal". Since 1986, "Medicine for the Outdoors" has been hailed as the definitive take-along manual on the subject. Packed with step-by-step instructions, how-to explanations, and practical approaches to outdoor and wilderness emergencies, it tells you the best ways to respond to just about any medical problem when help is miles or days away. Author Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM, is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on wilderness medicine. This 5th edition features major updates to bring you the latest on emerging infectious diseases, the most current drug and dosage information, an increased emphasis on making do with the materials at hand, and much more. Logically organized, easy to reference, and simple to understand, "Medicine for the Outdoors" may literally save your life. When you're venturing into mountains, deserts, forests, jungles, or out to sea, it belongs in your duffel or backpack!

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Paul S. Auerbach, FACEP, FAWM, is the Redlich Family Professor of Surgery in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the world's leading expert on wilderness medicine and a prolific author. He is the Editor of Wilderness Medicine, and author of Medicine for the Outdoors and Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine. 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323068138
• ISBN 13: 9780323068130
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 535