Get This Reference Book on Wilderness Medicine for Your Survival Library

May 3rd, 2010 |

Author: John

This week’s DestinySurvival Amazon Pick of the Week is a paperback entitled Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid, 5th Edition, by William Forgey. It rates 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon.com. One reviewer says it’s his most tattered book and is a fantastic reference.

Whether you’re deep in the wilderness when an accident or illness happens, or whether you’re anticipating a time when there will only be primitive living conditions where you live, you won’t be able to evacuate to a medical facility soon, if at all. What are your options? What are the alternatives? Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid is the book you need.

This book fits in your backpack and is said by one reviewer to have a superb index for pinpointing medical solutions. There are also two useful appendices at the end of the book. Chapters cover everything from wounds, bites and burns, to poisoning to hypothermia and heat stress.

Amazon’s description comes from the book’s back cover as follows:

You and your group are on the adventure of a lifetime, far from civilization, surrounded by wilderness. Someone gets hurt or sick. What do you do? With Dr. William Forgey’s comprehensive Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid in hand, you can recognize, assess, and treat many kinds of medical emergencies.

This illustrated text is essential reading for anyone from trip leaders, guides, and search and rescue groups to EMTs, paramedics, and physicians who must provide immediate care when access to a medical facility is difficult or impossible. Learn how to survey, assess, and stabilize the victim and the medical situation, what questions to ask to gain necessary vital information, how to manage physical symptoms as well as care for wounds and orthopedic injuries and much more.

Get your copy of Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid today. Click on the image of the book below. That takes you to the Amazon.com page featuring this book. Place your order there by adding the book to your cart.

In situations that call for medical attention, you don’t want to take chances or make a mistake. You need a good reference. Get Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid now so you’ll have it when you need it.

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