Treksafe: Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine manual

POCKET FIRST AID AND WILDERNESS MEDICINE

Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine is written for walkers, backpackers, travellers, climbers, mountaineers, guides and expedition leaders, aid agency workers and volunteers who journey into wilderness, mountain or remote areas worldwide.

10th edition 2007 (published by Cicerone) now available worldwide

Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine, Cicerone publisher

Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine covers prevention, planning and survival, and deals with most of the problems encountered in the wilderness ranging from altitude illness to tropical diseases, from accident and emergency response to venomous creatures of land and sea. Aswell as first aid it also explains how to continue to give care for hours or days after the event. There is a valuable chapter on how to make a diagnosis and a medication chart with the indications, dosage and side effects of the medications mentioned in the text.

It is written in plain English, avoiding medical jargon and, despite its comprehensive coverage and 250 pages, still manages to be pocketsize.

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What the experts and reviewers say:

Adventure First Aid (UK)

"As a company that train individuals and groups in remote first aid and wilderness medical intervention, we thoroughly recommend our delegates to carry it with them. We use it as a key text on our Overseas medical intervention course. It is small enough to pack and carry, yet packed with detailed information that other texts do not provide. Excellent."

Doug Scott, mountaineer (UK)

"Every trekker and expedition member should have this first aid manual on the top of their rucksack as there is no aspect of mountain medicine and general first aid omitted.”

Sir Chris Bonington, mountaineer (UK)

“Brilliant book - clear, compact, easy to follow - I'll take it with me all the way up the mountain on every trip!!!!”

Tim MacCartney Snape, guide and mountaineer (Australia)

"This little book is more important than your first aid kit, its clear instructions give simple guidance to packing the right stuff in your first aid kit and inform you how to use it to best effect. The best book I've used for any serious outdoor activity."

Simon Yates, guide and mountaineer (UK)

"Clear,concise advice for any wilderness medical emergency. Simple and quick to use. The best book of its kind currently on the market."

Wild magazine (Australia)

"Remarkably comprehensive - easy to understand and to follow - good value for money."

Margot Hurell, consultant in outdoor safety (Australia)

"It is a great little book and everyone comments on how useful it is."

Traveller magazine (UK)

"Wild and remote places are wonderful - until you need a doctor. If there isn't one around, a copy of Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine is the next best thing. It's a small guide, but bursting at the seams with sound advice on travel problems from mountain sickness to tropical diseases. Filled with first-aid tips, and comprehensive enough to cope with almost anything, this book is easy to follow and easy to carry."

Dr J Rayner-Klein, consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (UK)

"A fantastic little booklet!"

BushcraftUK.com (UK)

"I've never seen (a first aid book) that suits bushcraft and outdoor pursuits so well. (…) I think this is the only first aid book I have seen that goes on to deal with aftercare and longer-term treatment where necessary.

(…) Other sections not usually found in first aid manuals, but very useful in a wilderness context, include hot and cold weather problems, altitude sickness, water purification, venomous bites, evacuation and even a section on child birth. Highly recommended."

Dylan, Blue Mountains guide (Australia)

"Fantastic little text. I am a guide in the Blue Mountains and nearly all my friends up here have a copy of the book in the first aid kit."


Spinal injury, Indian Himalayas	Helicopter evacuation

The authors

Dr Jim Duff (UK/Australia) has more than 30 years experience of climbing, trekking and teaching wilderness medicine. He was doctor on many Himalayan expeditions and is a keen sailor.

Dr Peter Gormly (Australia) is the Senior Medical Officer of the Australian Antarctic Division and has been a Ship’s Medical Officer.

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Cost & ordering

Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine can be ordered from anywhere in the world. Please contact Treksafe

	UK and Europe	Australia	US, Canada and other countries
Per book	£7.99 (plus P&P if outside the UK)	AUD$24.95 (incl GST and P&P)	US$21.50 (plus P&P)
Bulk orders	On inquiry	On inquiry	On inquiry
Order from	info@treksafe.com.au OR Cicerone Press info@cicerone.co.uk ph. 01539 562069 www.cicerone.co.uk	info@treksafe.com.au	info@treksafe.com.au OR Cicerone Press info@cicerone.co.uk ph. 01539 562069 www.cicerone.co.uk

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Contents (10th edition)

PART 1: THE FUNDAMENTALS

1. Prevention (hope for the best, plan for the worst)

Preparation

Keeping healthy

Safety in extreme climates

Particular situations

Care of local people

2. Positioning and moving a victim

Positioning a victim

Immobilization techniques

Ways to move a victim

3. Medications: what you need to know

The basics

Special considerationsAt altitude

4. Pain management

Painkillers (analgesics)

Other medications and techniques for pain relief

5. First aid kits

PART 2: ACCIDENT AND ILLNESS PROCEDURE

6. Accident and illness procedure

7. Primary survey: dealing with life-threatening emergencies

Definitions

Response

Airway

Breathing

CPR or chest compressions

8. Primary survey for specific life-threatening situations

Life-threatening bleeding

Suspected spinal injuries

Choking (blocked airway)

Drowning

Hypothermic victim

Primary survey for children

Fainting

Triage

9. Shock management

Common causes of shock

Symptoms & signs of shock

Shock prevention and management

Anaphylactic shock

10. Secondary survey: working out what the problem is

Taking a medical history

Carrying out a physical examination

Checking the vital signs

11. Evacuation

Sending for help

Evacuating the victim

Helicopter evacuation

PART 3: PROBLEMS AND THEIR TREATMENT

12. Spinal and head (skull and brain) injuries

Spinal (neck and backbone) injuries

Head (skull and brain) injuries

13. Burns

Burn management

Specific burns

14. Broken bones (fractures) and dislocations

Definitions

Broken bones (fractures)

Specific broken bones

Dislocations

Specific dislocations

15. Sprains and strains

Definitions

General treatment of sprains and strains

Specific sprains and strains

16. Wounds

Wound management

Complications

Specific wounds

17. Bites and stings

Animals

Snakes

Spiders

Other insects

Sea creatures

18. Altitude illness: AMS, HACE and HAPE

AMS, HACE and HAPE

Treatment of altitude illness

Going back up again?

19. Cold weather problems: hypothermia and frostbite

Hypothermia

Frostnip & frostbite

20. Hot weather problems

Heat exhaustion and heat stroke