Expedition Medicine (eBook, ePUB)

Revised Edition
Redaktion: Warrell, David; Anderson, Sarah

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135973490
• Artikelnr.: 40436688

Autorenporträt

David Warrell, Sarah Anderson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Section 1: Pre-expedition Planning 1. What is expedition
medicine?: David Warrell, Sararh Anderson and Chris Johnson 2.
Vaccinations: Richard Dawood 3. Expedition medical kits: Robin Illingworth
4. Expedition first aid and training: Jon Dallimore 5. Legal liability:
Alistair Duff 6. Medical insurance: Mark Whittingham 7. Pre-existing
medical conditions: Mukul Agarwal 8. Risk assessment and crisis management:
Clive Barrow Section 2: Field Medicine 9. The role of the expedition
medical officer: Sarah Anderson 10. Base camp hygiene and health: Hokey
Bennett-Jones 11. Water purification: Paul Goodyer and Larry Goodyer 12.
Assessment of the injured or ill patient: Charles Siderfin 13. First aid
and management of minor injuries: Jon Dallimore 14. Management of the
seriously injured casualty: Stephen Hearns 15. Remote medical emergencies:
Stephen Hearns 16. Casualty evacuation: Rod Stables 17. Medical aspects of
survival: Rod Stables 18. Common infections: Matthew Dryden 19. Malaria and
other tropical diseases: David Warrell 20. Venomous and poisonous animals:
David Warrell 21. Psychological problems on expeditions: Michael Phelan 22.
Expedition dentistry: David Geddes Section 3: Medical Problems of
Environmental Extremes 23. Desert expeditions: Sundeep Dhillon 24. Tropical
forest expeditions: Paul Richards 25. Polar expeditions: Chris Johnson 26.
High-altitude and mountaineering expeditions: Charles Clarke 27. Underwater
expeditions: Andrew Pitkin 28. Caving expeditions: Andrew Pitkin 29. Canoe,
kayak and raft expeditions: Andy Watt Author biographies and
acknowledgements Royal Geographers Society (with IBG) Appendices 1.
Pre-expedition medical questionnaire 2. Crisis management plan 3. Medical
assessment questionnaire 4. References and further reading 5. Useful
addresses 6. Glossary Index