Pocket First Aid and Wilderness Medicine

Accident and illness protocol
Acronyms and abbreviations
Conversion tables
Preface
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Part 1: The fundamentals
1. Prevention
2. Positioning and moving a victim
3. Medications - what you need to know
4. Pain management


Part 2: Accident and illness protocol
5. Accident and illness protocol in a wilderness setting
6. Primary survey - dealing with life-threatening emergencies
7. Primary survey for specific situations
8. Shock prevention and stabilization
9. Secondary survey - working out what the problem is
10. Evacuation


Part 3: Problems and their treatment
11. Spinal and head injuries
12. Burns
13. Broken bones, dislocations, sprains and strains
14. Wounds
15. Bites, stings and nasty plants
16. Cold weather problems
17. Hot weather problems
18. Dehydration
19. Diarrhoea and food poisoning
20. Abdominal (belly) problems
21. Respiratory problems
22. Altitude illness - AMS, HACE and HAPE
23. Drowning and diving problems
24. Infectious diseases
25. Eyes, ears and mouth
26. Skin problems
27. Gender-specific problems and STIs
28. Other problems


Appendix 1 Chart of medications
Appendix 2 Antibiotics
Appendix 3 Rescue request form
Appendix 4 Marine envenomation
Appendix 5 Altitude illness flowchart
Appendix 6 Lake Louise Score (LLS)
Appendix 7 Avalanche rescue flow chart
Appendix 8 The skeleton and internal organs
Appendix 9 First aid kits
Appendix 10 Useful contacts and sources of information


Index of diagrams
Index
Basic life support (BLS) in the wilderness