Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine: Expert Consult - Online and Print

by Paul S. Auerbach

Based on Dr. Auerbach's renowned Wilderness Medicine text, Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition, is your portable, authoritative guide to the full range of medical and emergency situations that occur in non-traditional settings. Useful for experienced physicians as well as advanced practice providers, this unique medical guide covers an indispensable range of topics in a well-illustrated, highly condensed format - in print or on any mobile device - for quick access anytime, anywhere.

An easy-access presentation ensures rapid retrieval and comprehension of wilderness medical information, with "Signs and Symptoms" and "Treatment" sections, bulleted lists, and quick-reference text boxes in every chapter. All chapters are thoroughly up to date, including new information on travel medicine, medications, immunizations, and field treatment of common conditions.
Step-by-step explanations from wilderness medicine experts cover the clinical presentation and treatment of a full range of wilderness emergencies and show you how to improvise with available materials.
Comprehensive coverage includes dive medicine and water-related emergencies, mountain medicine and wilderness survival, global humanitarian relief and disaster medicine, high-altitude medicine, pain management, and much more.
Line drawings and color plates help you quickly an accurately identify skin manifestations, plants, poisonous mushrooms, snakes, insects, and more.
Useful appendices address everything from environment-specific situations to lists of essential supplies, medicines, and many additional topics of care.

Genres: Survival, Nonfiction, Medicine, Reference, Health, Nature

1051 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[John Brew · Rating 5 out of 5]

A valuable reference guide for medicine in the backcountry. It's worth buying if you want to understand the current best practices in wilderness medicine. For example, I wanted to learn more about protecting myself from ticks; Chapter 39 addresses protection from blood-feeding arthropods. One caveat: this book is written for medical professionals in a compressed manner, it's not light reading and some of the treatments can only be done by a medical professional. One bonus: the hard cover version also comes with an e-book.

[Robert Roller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've served in various roles in austere and wilderness environments for almost two decades, and I've provided medical care in some of the most challenging and remote environments in the United States. This is the handbook and trusted field guide for everyone who provides wilderness medicine, and this authoritative guide was authored by a pioneer in the field. I don't go far without my copy of this book coming with me.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great bullet point guide to diagnosing and treating just about any type of backcountry illness or injury

[Corinne Isabella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic. I still often use as quick reference.