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

Informationen zum Autor By Molly Absolon Klappentext Backpacker magazine's Trailside First Aid brings you essential mind gear from the two most respected and reliable publishers of outdoor-related information. This is the ideal first-aid kit of information on everything from minor matters to handling backcountry emergencies until professional help arrives. Learn how to assess and treat shock; wrap fractures and sprains; manage wounds; soothe bites and stings; deal with heat and cold injuries; tend to illnesses, including altitude illness; and assemble a first-aid kit. Perfect for pack or pocket, this book breaks down its subject into the essential topics, providing practical and portable information useful in the field. Full-color photos and illustrations complement concise, clear text, introducing you to the basic and intermediate skills needed to safely and successfully get by in the outdoors. Also available: Backpacker magazine'sCampsite Cooking ¿ Outdoor Survival Predicting Weather ¿ Trailside Navigation

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