Wilderness First Responder: How To Recognize, Treat, And Prevent Emergencies In The Backcountry

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Buck Tilton

Wilderness First Responder

How To Recognize, Treat, And Prevent Emergencies In The Backcountry

Buck Tilton

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Falcon Guides
01 September 2022

Accident & emergency medicine; First aid for the home; Active outdoor pursuits; Outdoor survival skills

The award-winning guide to medical training for wilderness rescue and self-care

Wilderness First Responder is a comprehensive text for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of backcountry emergencies, written by wilderness expert Buck Tilton with more than a dozen medical professionals. Thoroughly updated and revised, this teaching manual for the National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness First Responder course represents more than a century and a half of combined experience in wilderness medicine, rescue, and education. It is essential reading for wilderness educators, trip leaders, guides, search and rescue groups, and anyone who works or plays far from definitive medical care.

This invaluable resource includes expert step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and “Signs and Symptoms” sidebars designed to help you provide immediate care in the wilderness—whenever you are more than an hour away from an ambulance or a medical facility. It shows how to conduct a patient assessment, improvise when ideal materials are not handy, and decide whether or not to evacuate the injured.

Learn how to assess and treat:

Airway obstructions

Cardiac arrest

External and internal bleeding

Shock

Spine injuries

Head injuries

Chest injuries

Abdominal injuries

Fractures and dislocations

Athletic injuries

Soft-tissue injuries

Cold- or heat-induced injuries

Altitude sickness

Insect bites and stings

Diabetic emergencies

Poisoning emergencies

Allergic reactions and anaphylaxis

By: Buck Tilton
Imprint: Falcon Guides
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Fourth Edition
Dimensions: Height: 281mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 853g
ISBN: 9781493067053
ISBN 10: 1493067052
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 01 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Buck Tilton is co-founder of the Wildernes Medicine Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), which has become the largest school of wilderness medicine in the world. Buck has been a teacher of first aid for almost 30 years and for six of those, worked on an ambulance and volunteering in a hospital emergency rooms. He remains active, taking on assignments as a first responder in remote locations. Buck is a regular columnist for Backpacker magazine and is also the author of Knack Knots You Need and Knack Hiking & Backpacking. His many books for FalconGuides, including the award-winning Wilderness First Responder, have sold more than 100,000 copies combined.