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Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Deliver quality healthcare in the most challenging field conditions
Comprehensive yet compact, practical, and enduring, Improvised
Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments, Second Edition,
is the one book to toss into your bag when going to practice
medicine in global, disaster, or other resource-poor settings,
including theaters of war, regions of civil unrest, and
economically deprived areas. Full of practical clinical pearls and
field-tested strategies, this indispensable guide provides detailed
instructions on how to work successfully outside of your comfort
zone. It demonstrates how to devise effective treatment solutions
when the traditional tools (medications, equipment, and staff) are
unavailable or when providing care outside your primary area of
expertise. In any crisis, from power failures and computer crashes
to floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes, knowing how to deal with the
unique challenges encountered saves lives and communities. This
reference gives you that knowledge and inspires innovative crisis
resolution. FEATURES: * Simple-to-follow directions, diagrams, and
illustrations describing practical techniques and improvised
equipment necessary to provide quality care during crises *
Contains improvisations in anesthesia and airway management,
dentistry, gynecology/obstetrics, infectious disease/laboratory
diagnosis, internal medicine, otolaryngology, pediatrics and
malnutrition, orthopedics, psychiatry, and surgery * Covers
situational analysis and basic needs in a crisis; specific triage,
diagnosis, and stabilization efforts; medical interventions for
surgical and non-surgical problems; and debunks some commonly
reported improvised techniques * Features public health measures,
basic disaster communication techniques, post-disaster forensics, a
model hospital disaster plan, and innovative patient-transport
methods * New to the second edition: More concisely written, more e
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