Outdoor Medical Emergency Handbook

This revised edition incorporates the latest developments in technology and emergency procedures, specifically:

• ALS (Advanced Life Support) and ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) protocols to reflect changes made by international resuscitation authorities over the past five years
• Body area trauma and medical illness emergency protocols
• Drug names to make them internationally applicable
• Technological references to include smartphones and apps
• Recommended kit lists to take account changes in medical practice over the past five years.

Other useful emergency tools in the book are a Pain Relief Ladder to assess and treat pain, the Glasgow Coma Scale and AVPU to assess consciousness, the Lake Louise Acute Mountain Sickness Score Chart and a Guide to Commonly Used Drugs.

The Outdoor Medical Emergency Handbook is essential equipment for anyone traveling, whether camping with the family or making a solo assault on the Himalayas.