Splints and Slings
Chapter 19 Splints and Slings Misha R. Kassel, Alan Gianotti For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Splints and slings have been staples of medical care for thousands of years….
Technical Rescue, Self-Rescue, and Evacuation
Chapter 38 Technical Rescue, Self-Rescue, and Evacuation Ken Zafren, Loui H. McCurley, Charley Shimanski, Will Smith For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Accident on Mt Kenya—1970 On September 5,…
Bear Behavior and Attacks
Chapter 57 Bear Behavior and Attacks Luanne Freer, Steven P. French For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Bears are among the most widely distributed animals in the world. At…
Whitewater Medicine and Rescue
Chapter 45 Whitewater Medicine and Rescue Eric A. Weiss Rivers have what man most respects and longs for in his own life and thought—a capacity for renewal and replenishment, continual…
Helicopter Rescue and Aeromedical Transport
Chapter 40 Helicopter Rescue and Aeromedical Transport* Robert C. Allen, Jimmy L. Cooper For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Rapid provision of appropriate definitive care to acutely ill and…
Emergency Airway Management
Chapter 20 Emergency Airway Management Swaminatha V. Mahadevan For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Emergency airway management encompasses assessment, establishment, and protection of the airway in combination with effective…
Plant-Induced Dermatitis
Chapter 63 Plant-Induced Dermatitis Joshua D. Shofner, Alexa B. Kimball For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Cutaneous exposure to plants may cause a wide array of skin problems. Plant-induced…
Wilderness Navigation Techniques and Communication Methods
Chapter 96 Wilderness Navigation Techniques and Communication Methods Steven C. Carleton For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Many environmental illnesses occur as a consequence of becoming lost. Even well-prepared…
Wildland Fires: Dangers and Survival
Chapter 12 Wildland Fires Dangers and Survival Martin E. Alexander, Robert W. Mutch, Kathleen Mary Davis, Colin M. Bucks There can be few natural physical phenomena with the scope and…
High-Altitude Medicine and Physiology
Chapter 1 High-Altitude Medicine and Physiology Peter H. Hackett, Robert C. Roach The Population More than 40 million tourists visit recreation areas above 2400 m (7874 feet) in the American West…
