Expedition and Wilderness Medicine

This book covers everything a prospective field physician needs to prepare for when beginning a wilderness expedition.

Gregory H. Bledsoe (Author), Michael J. Manyak (Author), David A. Townes (Author)

9780521868730, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 November 2008

772 pages, 41 b/w illus. 349 colour illus. 9 maps 109 tables
28.7 x 22.4 x 3.8 cm, 2.66 kg

"A valuable resource to medical providers who care for or are preparing for care in unique environments. It is a comprehensive text that should be consulted prior to travels and one that should serve as a resource in established medical clinics in remote locations."
--Annals of Emergency Medicine

With an increase in visits to remote and dangerous locations around the world, the number of serious and fatal injuries and illnesses associated with these expeditions has markedly increased. Medical personnel working in or near such locations are not always explicitly trained in the management of unique environmental injuries, such as high-altitude sickness, the bends, lightning strikes, frostbite, acute dehydration, venomous stings and bites, and tropical diseases. Many health care professionals seek training in the specialty of wilderness medicine to cope with the health risks faced when far removed from professional care resources, and the American College of Emergency Medicine has recently mandated that a minimum level of proficiency needs to be exhibited by all ER physicians in this discipline. This book covers everything a prospective field physician or medical consultant needs to prepare for when beginning an expedition and explains how to treat a variety of conditions in a concise, clinically oriented format.

Part I. Expedition Planning: 1. The expedition physician Howard J. Donner
2. Assessing expedition needs William W. Forgey
3. Expedition medical kit William W. Forgey
4. Immunizations David A. Townes and Russell McMullen
5. Legal considerations during expedition planning Kristin Larson and Tracey Knutson
6. Travel safety Michael VanRooyen
7. Nutritional support for expeditions H. Wayne Askew
8. Water safety Howard Backer
9. Special considerations Blair Dillard Erb, Sr.
10. Communications planning for the expedition medical officer Christian Macedonia
11. Minimizing risk on an expedition Michael J. Manyak
12. The expedition returns Randy Hyer
Part II. Expeditions in Unique Environments: 13. Tactical and protective medicine Nelson Tang, Kevin B. Gerold and Richard Carmona
14. Hostile geopolitical environments Michael VanRooyen
15. Aerospace medicine Richard S. Williams and Marc A. Shepanek
16. Polar medicine Desmond Lugg and Jeff Ayton
17. Tropical medicine for expeditions Peter Hotez and David M. Parenti
18. Medicine in subterranean environments William Hamilton
19. High-altitude medicine Luanne Freer and Peter H. Hackett
20. Medicine at sea Joyce M. Johnson
21. Event medicine David A. Townes
22. Telemedicine in evolution - implications for expeditionary medicine William P. Wiesmann, M. Nicole Draghic and L. Alex Pranger
23. Dive medicine Craig Cook
Part III. Illness and Injuries on Expeditions: 24. General medical J. Lee Jenkins, Edbert B. Hsu, Italo Subbaro, Kisha Moore and Alex Vu
25. Traveler's diarrhea R. Bradley Sack
26. Malaria Christian Ockenhouse
27. Animal attacks Jenny Hargrove and Luanne Freer
28. Envenomations Michael Callahan
29. Hazardous marine life Craig Cook
30. Toxicology Timothy B. Erickson and Janet Y. Lin
31. Environmental injuries Kenneth Kamler
32. Penetrating and explosive wounds Ian S. Wedmore and John G. McManus
33. Drowning and submersion injury Bradley Winters
34. Trauma resuscitation Elliot Haut and Rajan Gupta
35. Wound care James M. Marinucci
36. Expedition eye injuries Stanley Spielman
37. Dental emergencies Martin Nweeia
38. Foot injuries John VonHoff and Zak Weis
39. Expedition orthopedics Alan Gianotti and S. V. Mahadevan
40. Expedition self-rescue and evacuation Ken Zafren and Urs Wiget
41. Aeromedical evacuations Gene DeLaune.

Subject Areas: Accident & emergency nursing [MQCL1], Accident & emergency medicine [MMK], Medicine: general issues [MB]