Outdoor Emergency Care #544

Price:$72.00

The heart of the NSP’s Outdoor Emergency Care Program, this comprehensive textbook maintains OEC’s relevance to the patrolling environment. With sections on how to assess and care for various outdoor sports emergencies, manage mass-casualty incidents, interface with EMS personnel, and care for outdoor adaptive athletes, the fourth edition is designed to help rescuers deal with any emergency situation they might encounter. Contains updates on the special equipment and techniques used by patrollers and other nonurban rescuers. Completely redesigned, this 938-page resource features hundreds of detailed four-color photographs and illustrations to underscore the numerous logistics of nonurban care, whether it entails dealing with environmental illnesses such as altitude sickness, deep frostbite, and hypothermia, or managing ski, snowboard, and other outdoor injuries. If you’re a nonurban rescuer, you need this essential resource. 2003.