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Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Bledsoe, G. — Manyak, M. — Townes, D.
1ª Edición Enero 2009
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749 pags
3000 gr
22 x 29 x 4 cm
ISBN 9780521868730
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Contents
Part I. Expedition Planning: 1. The expedition physician Howard J. Donner; 2.
Assessing expedition needs William W. Forgey; 3. Expedition medical kit William
W. Forgey; 4. Immunizations David A. Townes and Russell McMullen; 5. Legal considerations
during expedition planning Kristin Larson and Tracey Knutson; 6. Travel safety
Michael VanRooyen; 7. Nutritional support for expeditions H. Wayne Askew; 8.
Water safety Howard Backer; 9. Special considerations Blair Dillard Erb, Sr.;
10. Communications planning for the expedition medical officer Christian Macedonia;
11. Minimizing risk on an expedition Michael J. Manyak; 12. The expedition returns
Randy Hyer; Part II. Expeditions in Unique Environments: 13. Tactical and protective
medicine Nelson Tang, Kevin B. Gerold and Richard Carmona; 14. Hostile geopolitical
environments Michael VanRooyen; 15. Aerospace medicine Richard S. Williams and
Marc A. Shepanek; 16. Polar medicine Desmond Lugg and Jeff Ayton; 17. Tropical
medicine for expeditions Peter Hotez and David M. Parenti; 18. Medicine in subterranean
environments William Hamilton; 19. High-altitude medicine Luanne Freer and Peter
H. Hackett; 20. Medicine at sea Joyce M. Johnson; 21. Event medicine David A.
Townes; 22. Telemedicine in evolution - implications for expeditionary medicine
William P. Wiesmann, M. Nicole Draghic and L. Alex Pranger; 23. Dive medicine
Craig Cook; Part III. Illness and Injuries on Expeditions: 24. General medical
J. Lee Jenkins, Edbert B. Hsu, Italo Subbaro, Kisha Moore and Alex Vu; 25. Traveler’s
diarrhea R. Bradley Sack; 26. Malaria Christian Ockenhouse; 27. Animal attacks
Jenny Hargrove and Luanne Freer; 28. Envenomations Michael Callahan; 29. Hazardous
marine life Craig Cook; 30. Toxicology Timothy B. Erickson and Janet Y. Lin;
31. Environmental injuries Kenneth Kamler; 32. Penetrating and explosive wounds
Ian S. Wedmore and John G. McManus; 33. Drowning and submersion injury Bradley
Winters; 34. Trauma resuscitation Elliot Haut and Rajan Gupta; 35. Wound care
James M. Marinucci; 36. Expedition eye injuries Stanley Spielman; 37. Dental
emergencies Martin Nweeia; 38. Foot injuries John VonHoff and Zak Weis; 39.
Expedition orthopedics Alan Gianotti and S. V. Mahadevan; 40. Expedition self-rescue
and evacuation Ken Zafren and Urs Wiget; 41. Aeromedical evacuations Gene DeLaune.
Contributors
Howard J. Donner, William W. Forgey, David A. Townes, Russell McMullen, Kristin
Larson, Tracey Knutson, Michael VanRooyen, H. Wayne Askew, Howard Backer, Blair
Dillard Erb, Sr., Christian Macedonia, Michael J. Manyak, Randy Hyer, Nelson
Tang, Kevin B. Gerold, Richard Carmona, Richard S. Williams, Marc A. Shepanek,
Desmond Lugg, Jeff Ayton, Peter Hotez, David M. Parenti, William Hamilton, Luanne
Freer, Peter H. Hackett, Joyce M. Johnson, William P. Wiesmann, M. Nicole Draghic,
L. Alex Pranger, Craig Cook, J. Lee Jenkins, Edbert B. Hsu, Italo Subbaro, Kisha
Moore, Alex Vu, R. Bradley Sack, Christian Ockenhouse, Jenny Hargrove, Michael
Callahan, Timothy B. Erickson, Janet Y. Lin, Kenneth Kamler, Ian S. Wedmore,
John G. McManus, Bradley Winters, Elliot Haut, Rajan Gupta, James M. Marinucci,
Stanley Spielman, Martin Nweeia, John VonHoff, Zak Weis, Alan Gianotti, S. V.
Mahadevan, Ken Zafren, Urs Wiget, Gene DeLaune
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