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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Chapter 16 Injury Prevention Decision Making, Safety, and Accident Avoidance Eunice Singletary, David S. Markenson For online-only figures, please go to www.expertconsult.com For many, it is the wild in wilderness…
