MARINE MEDICINE, A Comprehensive Guide, 2nd Edition, Adventure Medical Kits

ERIC A. WEISS, MD & MICHAEL E. JACOBS, MD

ISBN 10: 1594856605 / ISBN 13: 9781594856600

Published by Mountaineers Books, 2012

About this Item

Very good condition softback book. Includes diagrams.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1789651571656

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MARINE MEDICINE, A Comprehensive Guide, 2nd Edition, Adventure Medical Kits
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594856605
• ISBN 13: 9781594856600
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

* Advice for sailing, pleasure boating, fishing, and diving emergencies
* More than 100 illustrations
* Near-shore or out-at-sea first aid covered
* As vital a piece of gear as your PFD and signal flares

This edition features the latest information on marine first aid. It includes chapters on hazardous marine life, submersion injury and dive medicine, rescue and evacuation of the sick and injured, wound cleaning and closing, and much more.

About the Authors

ERIC A. WEISS, M.D., FaCEP , is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, and the Director of the Wilderness Medicine Fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Weiss has been medical officer for the for the 1996 Summer Olympics, for National Geographic Society Expeditions, and in Nepal for the Himalayan Rescue Association. He is also the author of Wilderness 911, a backcountry medical primer published by Mountaineers Books.

MICHAEL JACOBS, M.D., is the author of Survival at Sea, and the founder and program director for the Medicine for Mariners and Safety at Sea Conference. He is a USCG licensed captain and an avid sailor and kayaker.