The High Altitude Medicine Handbook

Andrew J. Pollard, David R. Murdoch (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

1996 | Micro
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85775-174-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This micro-edition guide is designed both for the doctor giving advice in the surgery, and practical use by expedition personnel, climbers and trekkers. The text provides advice on a range of problems before, during and after expeditions from mountaineering doctors with vast Himalayan experience.

Inhalt

Altitude illness; other altitude related disorders; children at altitude; cold and heat related conditions; chronic disease, pregnancy and contraception at altitude; training, nutrition and skiing at altitude; travel related disease and vaccination; prevention and management of illness and injuries on mountains; health, environment and local culture; medico-legal considerations for treks and expeditions.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.1996
• Vorwort: Edmund Hillary, James S. Milledge
• Zusatzinfo: further reading, glossary
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 105 x 148 mm
• Gewicht: 60 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Klinische Umweltmedizin
• ISBN-10: 1-85775-174-4 / 1857751744
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85775-174-1 / 9781857751741
• Zustand: Neuware