Ditch Medicine : Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies
ISBN: 1581603908
Ditch Medicine succinctly provides practical emergency medical knowledge that will allow the reader to render effective patient care from the veldt to the rain forest.
Written in a professional manner the writer departs from extensive use of technical terms therefore making topics understandable and more importantly palatable.
Extensive footnotes allow the reader an invaluable resource for additional study.
The book has been out for some time but the fundamental soundness of the narrative (particularly the chapter on small wound repair) prevents the book from being considered dated.
The writer waste no energy on abstract improvised emergency medical devices or quasi legal means of obtaining medication. Preparedness is the underlying theme recognizing that it is incumbent on the reader to provide advanced life support with task specific equipment.
I highly recommend this book to the layman who foresees himself rendering emergency medical care in a remote location.