Living Off the Land
Chapter 71 Living Off the Land Peter Kummerfeldt, Denise Martinez For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com The ability to be completely self-sufficient in the wilderness and live off the…
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Improvised Medicine in the Wilderness
Chapter 23 Improvised Medicine in the Wilderness Kenneth V. Iserson, Howard J. Donner For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com At the heart of wilderness medicine is improvisation, a creative…
Global Humanitarian Medicine and Disaster Relief
Chapter 88 Global Humanitarian Medicine and Disaster Relief Raghu Venugopal, Kevin Coppock, Kirsten Johnson, Joanne Liu, Marilyn McHarg, Parveen K. Parmar, Stephanie Kayden, Matthew C. Spitzer For online-only figures, please…
Envenomation by Aquatic Vertebrates
Chapter 81 Envenomation by Aquatic Vertebrates Paul S. Auerbach For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com See Chapter 79 for a discussion of infections associated with aquatic wounds and the…
Aquatic Skin Disorders
Chapter 82 Aquatic Skin Disorders Edgar Maeyens, Jr. For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com The frequency of human contact with marine and freshwater aquatic environments is becoming more frequent….
Essentials of Wilderness Survival
Chapter 41 Essentials of Wilderness Survival Warren D. Bowman, Peter Kummerfeldt For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com This chapter discusses the general principles of wilderness survival, particularly in temperate…
Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism
Chapter 50 Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism Timothy B. Erickson, Armando Márquez, Jr. For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com The phylum Arthropoda contains about four-fifths of the known animals of…
Toxic Plant Ingestions
Chapter 64 Toxic Plant Ingestions Kimberlie A. Graeme For online only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Over 63,000 plant exposures were reported to 61 American poison control centers in 2008,…
Immersion Into Cold Water
Chapter 6 Immersion Into Cold Water Gordon G. Giesbrecht, Alan M. Steinman For online-only figures and videos, please go to www.expertconsult.com The authors of this chapter hail from two different…
Lightning Injuries
Chapter 3 Lightning Injuries Mary Ann Cooper, Ronald L. Holle, Christopher J. Andrews, Ryan Blumenthal Historical Overview* For online-only figures and videos, please go to www.expertconsult.com Lightning has caused injuries…
