Chapter 55 Envenoming and Injuries by Venomous and Nonvenomous Reptiles Worldwide David A. Warrell For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Dangerous Reptiles Within the class Reptilia, some alligators and…
Chapter 80 Envenomation by Aquatic Invertebrates Paul S. Auerbach For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com Stinging aquatic animals pose a hazard for swimmers and divers. They constitute a large…
Chapter 97 Training for Wilderness Adventure Robert B. Schoene For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com For a couple million years, humans have survived in wilderness environments. It is only…
Chapter 65 Toxic Mushroom Ingestions Sandra M. Schneider, Mark W. Donnelly Had nature any outcast face? Could she a son condemn? Had nature an Iscariot? That mushroom—it is him. EMILY…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
