Mountaineering First Aid: A Guide to Accident Response and First Aid Care
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (852 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 089886478X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 141 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Arizona Daily SunContains enough common sense safety information to benefit anyone who spends time in the outdoors. A good start for people who want to learn about backcountry first aid. --The Cascadian. -- Sweat magazinePacks a wealth of practical information into a small volume. -- The News-HeraldContains enough common sense safety information to benefit anyone who spends time in the outdoors. -- Willoughby (OH) News-HeraldDon't go into the woods without this book
Jim Morrison said Handy guide by highly experienced authors. This is a great guide to the basics of first aid in the mountains, whether it is a climbing or backing situation. For a fairly short book (170 pages or so) it covers a lot. Combine this with the chapter on first aid and alpine rescue in "Mountaineering the freedom of the Hills" (same publisher) and you have about everything you need. "Medicine of the Outdoors" by Paul S. Aue. Safety above all else A Customer Although this book may not cover EVERY detail about back country survival, it definitely gives some good pointers whether a person is in a large group or a small one.Mountaineering is a dangerous sport, and the tactics and procedures in this book can be applied to every day situations as well.This is a definite must-read for anyone who is responsible for another life -- from. American Red Cross use this book for the Mountaineering First Aid Course Gary M The Mountaineering First Aid Guide covers various subjects about first aid when help is delayed. The book is for when you are out in the woods, mountains, destert, away from our normail EMS response we all are accustomed too. Several items are a little different than the Red Cross Course, so if you are taking the course use the Red Cross answers. This would be a very good bo
Describes first aid procedures and treatment for common mountaineering injuries.
Lentz, Ph.D., R.N., is a faculty member of the University of Washington School of Nursing, and has been active in the MOFA program for over 20 years. Steven MacDonald, Ph.D, is an epidemiologist in the National Center for Environmental Health at the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and has taught the MOFA course. . Martha J. A faculty