Expedition Medicine

Introduction Section 1: Pre-expedition Planning 1. What is expedition medicine?: David Warrell, Sararh Anderson and Chris Johnson 2. Vaccinations: Richard Dawood 3. Expedition medical kits: Robin Illingworth 4. Expedition first aid and training: Jon Dallimore 5. Legal liability: Alistair Duff 6. Medical insurance: Mark Whittingham 7. Pre-existing medical conditions: Mukul Agarwal 8. Risk assessment and crisis management: Clive Barrow Section 2: Field Medicine 9. The role of the expedition medical officer: Sarah Anderson 10. Base camp hygiene and health: Hokey Bennett-Jones 11. Water purification: Paul Goodyer and Larry Goodyer 12. Assessment of the injured or ill patient: Charles Siderfin 13. First aid and management of minor injuries: Jon Dallimore 14. Management of the seriously injured casualty: Stephen Hearns 15. Remote medical emergencies: Stephen Hearns 16. Casualty evacuation: Rod Stables 17. Medical aspects of survival: Rod Stables 18. Common infections: Matthew Dryden 19. Malaria and other tropical diseases: David Warrell 20. Venomous and poisonous animals: David Warrell 21. Psychological problems on expeditions: Michael Phelan 22. Expedition dentistry: David Geddes Section 3: Medical Problems of Environmental Extremes 23. Desert expeditions: Sundeep Dhillon 24. Tropical forest expeditions: Paul Richards 25. Polar expeditions: Chris Johnson 26. High-altitude and mountaineering expeditions: Charles Clarke 27. Underwater expeditions: Andrew Pitkin 28. Caving expeditions: Andrew Pitkin 29. Canoe, kayak and raft expeditions: Andy Watt Author biographies and acknowledgements Royal Geographers Society (with IBG) Appendices 1. Pre-expedition medical questionnaire 2. Crisis management plan 3. Medical assessment questionnaire 4. References and further reading 5. Useful addresses 6. Glossary Index