The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook, by Jeffry Isaac, P.A.-C.

by Jeffry Isaac, P.A.-C.

This essential outdoor first-aid guide is both accessible and useful. Now thoroughly updated and expanded to include the latest terminology, methodology, and treatments available, it is invaluable for anyone venturing into the outdoors. Based on techniques used by the world-renowned Outward Bound organization, this concise handbook clearly explains all of the major diagnostic and first-aid procedures you can use in the wilderness.

Learn how to treat everything from a sprained ankle or campfire burn to life threatening injury or illness, how to assess a situation and quickly determine the best course of action, what steps to take when confronted with such wilderness threats as hypothermia, a broken bone, lacerations, internal injuries, animal bites, and many more.