The Ragged Mountain Press Pocket Guide to Wilderness Medicine and First Aid - Softcover

Gill,Paul

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9780070245525: The Ragged Mountain Press Pocket Guide to Wilderness Medicine and First Aid

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ISBN 10: 0070245525 ISBN 13: 9780070245525

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1997

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Compact enough to carry easily on a wilderness trip, complete enough to cover virtually every conceivable wilderness first-aid problem. A bestseller.

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From the Back Cover:

"And all who remain in that climate soon bear Cuts, bites, an stings, from their feet to their hair."--from "The Devil in Texas," anonymous. Snake bites. . .lightening strikes. . .heat exhaustion. . .frostbite. . .sprains, strains, cuts, and fractures. . .the Ragged Mountain Press Pocket Guide to Wilderness MEdicine and First-Aid covers them all. Compact enough to carry easily on a wilderness trip, this all-terrain, all-season guide gives readers instant access to appropriate measures when time is of the essence. Here are understand explanations and advice for all types of outdoor emergencies. ". . .full of functional wilderness advice. . .Approaching topics with few assumptions, Gill helps prepare you to take care of yourself and your companions,"--Backpacker.

About the Author:

Paul G. Gill, Jr., M.D. is a board-certified emergency medicine specialist and a member of the Wilderness Medical Society. His outdoor medicine column appeared for many years in Outdoor Life. Gill is author of The Onboard Medical Handbook: First Aid and Emergency Medicine Afloat. HOMETOWN: Middlebury, Vermont

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