Wilderness First Aid Field Guide, Third Edition

Description

Wilderness First Aid Field Guide, Third Edition is your user-friendly, pocket-sized guide that provides quick access to essential information for handling common injuries and illnesses when medical care is an hour or more away. This durable and water-resistant resource features:

• User-friendly A-Z format
• Decision tables outlining what signs to look for and what treatment steps to take
• How to signal for help, when to evacuate, and recommended first aid supplies
• New content on back blows for adults, encircling thumbs CPR technique for infants, and more
• Prevention advice ranging from altitude illness and bear attacks to waterborne diseases and tick bites

Wilderness First Aid Field Guide, Third Edition has been revised to place special emphasis on life-saving skills so responders have greater willingness and confidence to act and communicate during actual emergencies. Additionally, the content has been updated to meet and exceed the following guidelines:

• International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) recommendations
• Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) guidelines
• Wilderness Medical Society guidelines
• Scouts of America Wilderness First Aid Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines

About the Author

With more than 38,000 members, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (aaos.org or orthoinfo.org), is the premier not-for-profit organization that provides education programs for orthopedic surgeons and allied health professionals, champions the interests of patients, and advances the highest quality of musculoskeletal health. Orthopedic surgeons and the Academy are the authoritative sources of information for patients and the general public on musculoskeletal conditions, treatments, and related issues. More than one in four Americans have bone or joint health problems, making them the greatest cause of lost workdays in the U.S. When orthopedic surgeons restore mobility and reduce pain, they help people get back to work and to independent, productive lives. Orthopedic surgeons keep this “Nation in Motion.” To learn more about the A Nation in Motion campaign, to read hundreds of patient stories, or to submit your own story, visit ANationInMotion.org.