Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid

We teach wilderness medicine courses and one thing that folks always are worried about is "what if I forget the information that I learned in class?". Well, this book should fix that! It's small and compact and is packed full of useful how-to tips and treatment options for most commonly encountered medical and trauma illnesses and injuries encountered in 'wilderness' and remote settings. Also a great addition to your first aid kit if you're a weekend warrior and like to go out into the woods for a day hike on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. You just never know when it'll come in handy! Clif Castleman Program Director, Center for Wilderness Safety [...]

The basic essentials series are terrific little books. Long enough to provide everything you need to know about a topic such as wilderness weather, outdoor cooking, or backpacking, yet short enough to keep you from reading too much extra and unneccesary stuff. Camping can be dangerous even for the most experianced, things happen. You need to be prepared and this book will help you, in addition I reccommend a Red Cross Basic First Aid class. Covers all the basics starting from first aid to helping the victim of a serious accident stay alive and comfortable util the professional rescuers arive. Covers wounds, abdominal pains, bites and stings, CPR, heat or cold exposure , wrap sprains, fractures and dislocated joints. as well as lists of essential items for an outdoor first aid kit. The book helps you build the proper first aid kit depending on your type of need with its suggested lists of items. An effecient 68 pages in length with very helpful illustrations, is softcover and a good small size for packing. This is a good book to keep at home too, and keep a copy in your car trunk as well. You might also consider adding another book from the Basic Essentials Series, Wilderness Survival. I highly reccommend this and others in the series.

Not bad! However, I would have preferred a little more depth being in the medical profession. It is a good book for the novice. Bone and joint injuries was done very well as was the physical examination section. It is a nice book for campers and naturalists.