Backpacker Magazine''s Trailside First Aid - Recognition, Treatment, and Prevention

Informationen zum Autor Molly Absolon is a former NOLS instructor, an environmental educator, and outdoor writer. She is the author of the Backpacker Magazine Core Skills books Campsite Cooking, Trailside Navigation, Trailside First Aid, and Outdoor Survival.  Klappentext Backpacker magazine–branded and fueled by Falcon-Guides, this book provides essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-relatedinformation. Perfect for pack or pocket, it breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos, charts, and illustrations are organized with text by an expert in a brief and accessible manner, introducing readers to basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors. Backpacker Magazine's Trailside First Aid assembles for readers an outdoor first-aid kit of essential items; soothe bites and stings; deal with hot and cold injuries; wrap sprains, fractures, and dislocated joints; handle backcountry emergencies until professional help arrives. This handy pocket-sized guide is 96 pages and incorporates color photos, charts, and illustrations as needed throughout the interior.

Product details

• Authors: Molly Absolon, Absolon Molly
• Assisted by: Dave Anderson (Photographs)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2011
• EAN: 9780762756537
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-5653-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Backpacker Magazine Series; Backpacker Magazine; Backpacker Magazine Series; Backpacker Magazine
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, HEALTH & FITNESS / First Aid, Active outdoor pursuits, First Aid For The Home