This handbook provides practical information on the prevention and treatment of medical problems in extreme environments. An essential resource for expeditions and travellers to remote areas, it offers guidance on maintaining the physical and psychological health of team members under the stresses and challenges of an expedition.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Expedition medicine
- 2: Preparations
- 3: Caring for people in the field
- 4: Ethics and responsibilities
- 5: Crisis management
- 6: Emergencies: diagnosis
- 7: Emergencies: trauma
- 8: Emergencies: collapse and serious illness
- 9: Treatment: skin
- 10: Treatment: head and neck
- 11: Treatment: dental
- 12: Treatment: chest
- 13: Treatment: abdomen
- 14: Treatment: limbs and back
- 15: Treatment: infectious diseases
- 16: Psychological and psychiatric problems
- 17: Risks from animals
- 18: Plants and fungi
- 19: Anaesthesia in remote locations
- 20: Cold climates
- 21: Mountains and high altitude
- 22: Inland and coastal waters
- 23: Offshore
- 24: Underwater
- 25: Hot, dry environments: deserts
- 26: Hot, humid environments: tropical forest
- 27: Caving
- 28: Medical kits
