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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Molly Absolon, Absolon Molly
• Collaboration: Dave Anderson (Photographies)
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.02.2011
• EAN: 9780762756537
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-5653-7
• Pages: 96
• Thèmes: Backpacker Magazine Series; Backpacker Magazine; Backpacker Magazine Series; Backpacker Magazine
• Catégories: Livres de conseils > Sport > Autres sports; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Général; SPORTS & RECREATION / Outdoor Skills, HEALTH & FITNESS / First Aid, Active outdoor pursuits, First Aid For The Home