Wilderness medicine, 4th ed.

Part 1 - Mountain Medicine Part 2 - Cold and Heat Part 3 - Fire, Burns, and Radiation Part 4 - Injuries and Medical Interventions Part 5 - Rescue and Survival Part 6 - Insects, Animals, and Zoonoses Part 7 - Plants Part 8 - Food and Water Part 9 - Marine Medicine Part 10 - Travel, Environmental Hazards, and Disasters Part 11 - Equipment and Special Knowledge Part 12 - Special Populations and Considerations Appendix: Drug Stability Information Part 1 - Mountain Medicine 1 - High-Altitude Medicine 2 - Avalanches 3 - Lightning Injuries Part 2 - Cold and Heat 4 - Thermoregulation 5 - Nonfreezing Cold Injuries 6 - Accidental Hypothermia 7 - Frostbite 8 - Immersion into Cold Water 9 - Polar Medicine 10 - Pathophysiology of Heat-Related Illnesses 11 - Clinical Management of Heat-Related Illnesses Part 3 - Fire, Burns, and Radiation 12 - Wildland Fires: Dangers and Survival 13 - Emergency Care of the Burned Victim 14 - Exposure to Radiation from the Sun Part 4 - Injuries and Medical Interventions 15 - Wilderness Injury Prevention 16 - Principles of Pain Management 17 - Emergency Airway Management 18 - Wilderness Trauma and Surgical Emergencies 19 - Wilderness Improvisation 20 - Hunting and Other Weapons Injuries 21 - Orthopedics 22 - The Eye in the Wilderness 23 - Dental and Facial Emergencies Part 5 - Rescue and Survival 24 - Wilderness Emergency Medical Services and Response Systems 25 - Search and Rescue 26 - Litters and Carries 27 - Aeromedical Transport 28 - Wilderness Survival 29 - Jungle Travel and Survival 30 - White-Water Medicine and Rescue 31 - Cave Rescue Part 6 - Insects, Animals, and Zoonoses 32 - Protection from Blood-Feeding Arthropods 33 - Tick-Borne Diseases 34 - Spider Bites 35 - Scorpion Envenomation 36 - North American Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism 37 - Non-North American Arthropod Envenomation and Parasitism 38 - North American Venomous Reptile Bites 39 - Non-North American Venomous Reptile Bites 40 - Antivenins and Immunobiologicals: Immunotherapeutics of Envenomation 41 - Bites and Injuries Inflicted by Domestic Animals 42 - Bites and Injuries Inflicted by Wild Animals 43 - Bear Attacks 44 - Wilderness-Acquired Zoonoses 45 - Emergency Veterinary Medicine Part 7 - Plants 46 - Seasonal Allergies 47 - Plant-Induced Dermatitis 48 - Toxic Plant Ingestions 49 - Mushroom Toxicity 50 - Ethnobotany: Plant-Derived Medical Therapy Part 8 - Food and Water 51 - Field Water Disinfection 52 - Infectious Diarrhea from Wilderness and Foreign Travel 53 - Nutrition, Malnutrition, and Starvation 54 - Seafood Toxidromes 55 - Seafood Allergies Part 9 - Marine Medicine 56 - Submersion Incidents 57 - Diving Medicine 58 - Emergency Oxygen Administration 59 - Principles of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy 60 - Injuries from Nonvenomous Aquatic Animals 61 - Envenomation by Aquatic Invertebrates 62 - Envenomation by Aquatic Vertebrates 63 - Aquatic Skin Disorders 64 - Survival at Sea Part 10 - Travel, Environmental Hazards, and Disasters 65 - Travel Medicine 66 - Non-North American Travel and Exotic Diseases 67 - Natural Disaster Management 68 - Natural and Human-Made Hazards: Mitigation and Management Issues Part 11 - Equipment and Special Knowledge 69 - Wilderness Preparation, Equipment, and Medical Supplies 70 - Selection and Use of Outdoor Clothing 71 - Backcountry Equipment for Health Care Professionals 72 - Ropes and Knot Tying 73 - Wilderness Navigation Techniques Part 12 - Special Populations and Considerations 74 - Children in the Wilderness 75 - Women in the Wilderness 76 - Elders in the Wilderness 77 - Medical Liability and Wilderness Medicine 78 - Ethics of Wilderness Medicine 79 - The Changing Environment Appendix: Drug Stability Information Acetaminophen (Elixir, Drops, Tablets) Acetaminophen with Codeine (Tablets, Elixir) Acetazolamide (Capsules, Tablets, Oral Solution, Injection) Acetic Acid Solution Albuterol (Tablets, Syrup, Inhaled Formulations) Aloe (Gel, Ointment, Laxatives) Aluminum Acetate (Otic and Topical Preparations) Antacids Aspirin (Tablets, Oral Solution, Suppositories) Atropine Injection Azithromycin (Tablets, Capsules, Suspension, Injection) Bacitracin (Topical, Injection) Bismuth Subsalicylate (Tablets, Suspension) Butorphanol Tartrate (Injection, Nasal Solution) Calcium Chloride Injection Cephalexin (Capsules, Tablets, Oral Suspension) Cetriazone Injection Charcoal, Activated Ciprofloxacin (Capsules, Tablets, Injection) Cyclopentolate Hydrochloride Ophthalmic Solution DEET-Containing (Diethyl Methylbenzamide) Insect Repellents Dermabond (2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate) Topical Skin Adhesive Dexamethasone Injection Dextroamphetamine (Tablets, Elixir, Capsules) Dextrose (Oral, Injection) Diazepam (Injection, Capsules, Tablets) Digoxin Injection Diltiazem (Capsules, Oral Solution, Injection) Diphenhydramine (Tablets, Elixir, Injection) Domeboro (Astringent and Otic Solutions) Dopamine Hydrochloride Injection Doxycycline (Capsules, Tablets, Syrup, Suspension, Injection) Epinephrine Injection (Salts, Solutions) Erythromycin (Tablets, Suspensions, Topical, Injection) Estazolam Tablets Fluocinolone Acetonide and Fluocinonide (Ointment, Shampoo) Furazolidone (Tablets, Liquid) Furosemide (Oral Formulation, Injection) Gamma Benzene Hexachloride (Lotion, Shampoo) Glucagon Injection Hydrocortisone (Tablets, Suspension, Topical Cream, Injection) Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Topical Ocular Solution Ibuprofen Tablets Intravenous Solutions (D5W, D5NS, etc.) Ketoconazole (Shampoo, Tablets) Lidocaine Injection Loperamide Hydrochloride Capsules Lorazepam (Tablets, Injection) Mannitol Injection Meperidine Hydrochloride (Injection, Oral Solutions) Midazolam (Injection, Oral Solution) Morphine Sulfate (Injection, Solution, Soluble Tablets) Nalbuphine Hydrochloride Injection Naloxone Hydrochloride Injection Neosporin Ointment Nifedipine (Capsules, Tablets, Injection) Nitroglycerin (Sublingual Tablets, Spray, Topical, Injection) Norfloxacin (Tablets, Ophthalmic Solution) Ofloxacin (Tablets, Otic Solution, Injection) Penicillin GK Injection Phenobarbital Injection Phenylephrine (Nasal/Ophthalmic Solutions, Injection) Phenytoin (Tablets, Injection) Polysporin Ointment Potassium Permanganate Astringent Solution Povidone-Iodine Solution Prednisone (Tablets, Oral Solution, Suspension) Procaine Penicillin G Injection Prochlorperazine (Injection, Solution, Tablets, Capsules) Promethazine (Injection, Tablets, Solution, Suppositories) Pseudoephedrine, Pseudoephedrine/Triprolidine (Tablets, Capsules) Sodium Bicarbonate Injection Sodium Sulfacetamide (Ophthalmic Solution and Ointment) Temazepam Capsules Tetanus Toxoid Injection Tetracaine Hydrochloride Ophthalmic Solution and Topical Lidocaine/Epinephrine/Tetracaine (LET) Tetracycline (Tablets, Topical Solution, Injection) Tolnaftate Topical Antifungal Triazolam Tablets Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole (Tablets, Suspensions, Injection) Zinc Salts ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SUGGESTED READINGS I II III