About the author
Reviewers and collaborators
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Drs. Oliver Reisten and Giacomo Strapazzon
Foreword by Dr. Ramon Pujol
Preface. How to use this book
Section I. PREVENTION
CHAPTER 1. TRAINING, INFORMATION, EQUIPMENT AND JUDGEMENT
CHAPTER 2. NUTRITION
CHAPTER 3. PHYSICAL PREPARATION
Section II. ENVIRONMENT-RELATED PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 4. TEMPERATURE REGULATION
CHAPTER 5. HYPOTHERMIA
CHAPTER 6. FROSTBITE AND OTHER COLD-RELATED ILLNESSES
CHAPTER 7. HEAT, DRYNESS AND HUMIDITY
CHAPTER 8. SOLAR RADIATION
CHAPTER 9. FULGURATION
CHAPTER 10. ALTITUDE
CHAPTER 11. ANIMAL BITES AND STINGS
CHAPTER 12. POISONING BY PLANTS
CHAPTER 13. MUSHROOM POISONING
Section III. PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ACCIDENTS
CHAPTER 14. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
CHAPTER 15. MOUNTAIN FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 16. IMMOBILISING AND MOVING THE VICTIM
CHAPTER 17. ANALGESIA AND SEDATION
CHAPTER 18. HELICOPTER EVACUATION
CHAPTER 19. HAEMORRHAGE, SHOCK AND SUSPENSION TRAUMA
CHAPTER 20. CRANIOENCEPHALIC AND SPINAL TRAUMA
CHAPTER 21. THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
CHAPTER 22. MUSCULOSKELETAL LESIONS
CHAPTER 23. SOFT TISSUE INJURY
CHAPTER 24. BURNS AND SCALDING INJURIES
CHAPTER 25. INJURIES IN CANYONING AND CAVING
CHAPTER 26. AVALANCHES
Section IV. ILLNESSES IN THE MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER 27. ILLNESSES IN THE MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER 28. CLINICAL TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER 29. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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