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Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine (Oxford Handbooks Series) (Paperback)
$49.83 - Save $2.63 (5%) - RRP $52.46 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness MedicineThis handbook provides practical information on the prevention and treatment of medical problems in extreme environments. An essential reference book for expeditions and travellers to remote areas, it offers guidance on maintaining the physical and psychological health of team members under the stresses and challenges of an expedition.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 25 September 2008
- Format: Paperback 752 pages
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- Categories: Medicine | Accident & Emergency Medicine | Environmental Medicine | Medical Study & Revision Guides & Reference Material
- ISBN 13: 9780199296613 ISBN 10: 0199296618
- Sales rank: 80,904
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Full description for Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Written by experienced expeditioners, the handbook is organized in to eight main sections and includes information on fieldcraft, diagnosis and treatment of medical problems encountered during an expedition (divided anatomically), environmental hazards, crisis management and issues to be dealt with after returning home. It also covers basic information about how to plan for an expedition, how to keep the expedition members healthy, how to diagnose and manage their medical problems in remote environments and provide brief summaries of medical problems peculiar to different expedition environments. This pocket-sized book contains all you need to know to minimise health risks, to protect your health and to deal with unexpected medical problems while you are travelling in remote, wilderness areas of the world.
