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Adventure Medical Kits A Comprehensive Guide To Marine Medicine
A Comprehensive Guide to Marine MedicineWritten by highly respected outdoor and marine first aid experts Dr. Eric A. Weiss and Dr. Michael Jacobs for sailors, divers, paddlers and watersports devotees, the book emphasizes prevention and treatment of illness and injury. Topics range from CPR and wound management to submersion injuries, hazardous marine life and dive medicine. The 286-page book also includes supplementary material on evacuation of the sick and injured, use of a marine radio, water disinfection and life raft survival.Ideal UsesFeatures * Diving * Beach Vacations * "When to Worry" tips * 97 illustrations * Preparing for foreign travel * Recommended prescription medications to carry * "Weiss Advice" improvisational techniques
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First published January 1, 2012
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January 21, 2018
Let me start by saying I give this book 4.75 stars, not a full 5. Overall it's a great book, concise, and thorough. I particularly appreciated the "Weiss Advice" blocks - these are snippets of advice regarding medical procedures that you wouldn't want to follow if you were ideally equipped or near proper medical help but can be invaluable in a wilderness situation. The authors also frequently include summary blocks titled "When You Should Worry" that clearly and concisely inform the reader what they should look out for when dealing with certain types of injuries or illness.
For perspective, I have been through an EMT-Wilderness course, worked as an EMT, and as a SCUBA instructor. I've dealt with a lot of injuries and illnesses in the 15 years I've been engaged in the above activities, and I've read quite a few books on these subjects. I consider this to be the best. It's clear and thorough enough to provide real benefit to a first responder both when medical care is nearby and when medical care is hours to days to weeks away. It's compact enough to fit in any first aid kit, and the authors do quite a good job of describing sometimes fairly complicated procedures in a way that gives a layperson at least a chance of correctly performing the procedure.
This book is not a substitute for first aid training! A lot of the techniques described in the book require practice under professional guidance for proficiency. If you are embarking on a wilderness expedition, either on land or by sea, or you just like to take short diving, camping, hiking, etc trips, I strongly encourage you to take a first aid course (and rescue diver course if you're a scuba diver.) It's not a bad idea at all to even take an EMT or EMT Wilderness course as well, though these cost a few thousand dollars rather than around $100 for a first aid course or $200-300 or so for a rescue diver course.
The reason I docked this book a quarter of a star is that a lot of the information concerning decompression sickness and standard safe diving practices are outdated. You should always dive within the limits of your training and experience, and act accordingly even when this book suggests otherwise. Finally, this book suggests carrying a Spare Air can while diving, and states that this will allow you to safely ascend to the surface if you run out of air. THIS IS NOT TRUE. These cans are far too small to allow for a safe emergency ascent from any depth deeper than 40 or 50 feet. Of secondary but still significant concern, they are fitted with unbalanced regulators, which means that the greater the ambient pressure (the deeper in the water you are) the more difficult it will become to breathe from the bottle. Therefore, when you need it the most, you'll find it the hardest to breathe. I encourage the use of redundant air supplies to all of my students, but they should be adequate for the dives being performed, and this simply is not true of Spare Air cans. If you want to learn more, I encourage you to take a deep diving or self-reliant course from a reputable instructor and to read Steve Lewis's book "Staying Alive: Applying Risk Management to Advanced Scuba Diving."
For perspective, I have been through an EMT-Wilderness course, worked as an EMT, and as a SCUBA instructor. I've dealt with a lot of injuries and illnesses in the 15 years I've been engaged in the above activities, and I've read quite a few books on these subjects. I consider this to be the best. It's clear and thorough enough to provide real benefit to a first responder both when medical care is nearby and when medical care is hours to days to weeks away. It's compact enough to fit in any first aid kit, and the authors do quite a good job of describing sometimes fairly complicated procedures in a way that gives a layperson at least a chance of correctly performing the procedure.
This book is not a substitute for first aid training! A lot of the techniques described in the book require practice under professional guidance for proficiency. If you are embarking on a wilderness expedition, either on land or by sea, or you just like to take short diving, camping, hiking, etc trips, I strongly encourage you to take a first aid course (and rescue diver course if you're a scuba diver.) It's not a bad idea at all to even take an EMT or EMT Wilderness course as well, though these cost a few thousand dollars rather than around $100 for a first aid course or $200-300 or so for a rescue diver course.
The reason I docked this book a quarter of a star is that a lot of the information concerning decompression sickness and standard safe diving practices are outdated. You should always dive within the limits of your training and experience, and act accordingly even when this book suggests otherwise. Finally, this book suggests carrying a Spare Air can while diving, and states that this will allow you to safely ascend to the surface if you run out of air. THIS IS NOT TRUE. These cans are far too small to allow for a safe emergency ascent from any depth deeper than 40 or 50 feet. Of secondary but still significant concern, they are fitted with unbalanced regulators, which means that the greater the ambient pressure (the deeper in the water you are) the more difficult it will become to breathe from the bottle. Therefore, when you need it the most, you'll find it the hardest to breathe. I encourage the use of redundant air supplies to all of my students, but they should be adequate for the dives being performed, and this simply is not true of Spare Air cans. If you want to learn more, I encourage you to take a deep diving or self-reliant course from a reputable instructor and to read Steve Lewis's book "Staying Alive: Applying Risk Management to Advanced Scuba Diving."
August 30, 2015
Great information made easily digestible. Lots of good protips. Handy for reference
November 26, 2013
Totes saved my brother who was on the losing end of a battle w a sea urchin
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