Backpacker's Trailside First Aid assembles for readers an outdoor first-aid kit of essential items; soothe bites and stings; deal with hot and cold injuries; wrap sprains, fractures, and dislocated joints; handle backcountry emergencies until professional help arrives. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages, includes two popouts, and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.
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Molly Absolon is a former NOLS instructor, an environmental educator, and outdoor writer. She is the author of the Backpacker Magazine Core Skills books Campsite Cooking, Trailside Navigation, Trailside First Aid, and Outdoor Survival.
Backpacker magazine's Trailside First Aid brings you essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. This is the ideal first-aid kit of information on everything from minor matters to handling backcountry emergencies until professional help arrives. Learn how to assess and treat shock; wrap fractures and sprains; manage wounds; soothe bites and stings; deal with heat and cold injuries; tend to illnesses, including altitude illness; and assemble a first-aid kit. Perfect for pack or pocket, this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos and illustrations complement concise, clear text, introducing you to the basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors. Also available: Backpacker magazine'sCampsite Cooking - Outdoor Survival Predicting Weather - Trailside Navigation
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