Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care, 5th

By Wilderness Medical Society and M.D. William W. Forgey

Book Overview

These practice guidelines are the official statement of the Wilderness Medical Society on the best methodology for handling prehospital care for illness and injury occurring in wilderness areas. This, the 5th edition of the Wilderness Medical Society guidelines, presents what the WMS Panel of Expert Reviewers feels is the best approach for the management of remote area injuries and illness. This edition nudges the Guidelines towards evidence-based medicine with category stratification of its recommendations. Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care includes such topics as:

*Wilderness evacuation
*CPR techniques
*Hypothermia
*Water purification
*Heat-related illness
*Orthopedic injuries and much more

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762741023
• ISBN13: 9780762741021
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Falcon Press Publishing
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Standard of Care

This is not a textbook; plenty of those are available. However, if you already know something about emergency medicine or EMS - you're a doctor, nurse, CRNP, PA, or R.N. with emergency experience, or an EMT or a paramedic - this is the definitive guide to how to modify your practice when in the wilderness/disaster/tactical setting. For that use, it is highly recommended.