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Medicine for Mountaineering
Mountaineers Books
Medicine for Mountaineering
$32.95
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　　A must for backcountry adventure

　　Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities, 6th Edition picks up where other first aid manuals leave off. Written by a team of climber-physicians, this fully updated edition of a classic provides expert information as well as procedures on major and minor medical emergencies. Authoritative and comprehensive, Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities should be on the equipment list of any hiker, climber, boater, and outdoor user who ventures more than 24 hours beyond medical attention.

　　Areas covered include:

　　- Diagnosis, psychology of accidents, preventative measures

　　- Traumatic and non-traumatic injuries and disorders

　　- Environmental injuries - heat, cold, altitude

　　- Medications, medical kits, legal considerations

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Brand Name:
Mountaineers Books
Book Genre:
Instructional
UPC:
9781594850769
Other Features:
Paperback, 6th ed., 416pp.
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date: January 1992
4th ed
James A. Wilkerson, M.D.
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