Table of Contents

(1) Wilderness Emergency Medical Care (2) Legal Issues in Wilderness Medicine (3) Patient Assessment (4) Airway and Breathing (5) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (6) Bleeding (7) Shock (8) Spine Injuries (9) Head Injuries (10) Chest Injuries (11) Abdominal Injuries (12) Fractures (13) Dislocations (14) Athletic Injuries (15) Wilderness Wound Management
(16) Cold-induced Emergencies (17) Heat-induced Emergencies (18) Altitude Illnesses
(19) Immersion and Submersion Incidents (20) Lightning Injuries (21) North American Bites and Stings (22) Diving Emergencies (23) Cardiac Emergencies (24) Respiratory Emergencies
(25) Neurological Emergencies (26) Diabetic Emergencies (27) Poisoning Emergencies
(28) Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis (29) Abdominal Emergencies (30) Communicable Diseases and Camp Hygiene (31) Common Simple Medical Problems (32) Gender-Specific Emergencies (33) Obstetrical Emergencies (34) Psychological and Behavioral Emergencies
(35) Emergency Procedures for Outdoor Groups (36) Wilderness Transportation of the Sick or Injured (37) Wilderness Medical Kits (A) Oxygen and Mechanical Aids to Breathing (B) Automated External Defibrillation (C) Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers

About the Author

Buck Tilton is co-founder of the Wildernes Medicine Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), which has become the largest school of wilderness medicine in the world. Buck has been a teacher of first aid for almost 30 years and for six of those, worked on an ambulance and volunteering in a hospital emergency rooms. He remains active, taking on assignments as a first responder in remote locations. Buck is a regular columnist for Backpacker magazine and is also the author of Knack Knots You Need and Knack Hiking & Backpacking. His many books for FalconGuides, including the award-winning Wilderness First Responder, have sold more than 100,000 copies combined.