First Aid Books:
Outdoors/Wilderness

First aid books on outdoor wilderness training is a pretty big topic. It basically breaks down in to a couple of catagories, outdoor/wilderness first aid and survival.

These books offer practical knowledge on how to make a splint, a tourniquet, how to make a shelter and gather water.

Wilderness First Aid: A Pocket Guide (Paperback)
by Paul G. Gill

A practical, packable source of clear, reassuring first aid advice, Wilderness First Aid is the only such guide written by a board-certified emergency medicine specialist.Wilderness First Aid presents 125 outdoor medical emergencies and succinct, step-by-step treatment advice. Arranged by symptom for easy access, treatments cover everything from blisters to broken bones, heat stroke to hypothermia, snake bites to poison ivy.

Whitewater Rescue Manual: New Techniques for Canoeists, Kayakers, and Rafters (Paperback) Charles Walbridge, Wayne A. Sundmach

Whitewater Rescue Manual is for all whitewater padlers, beginner to expert. This book presents the best techniques for self-rescue and rescue of companions on the river.

The Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook Jeffrey Isaac

Treat everything from a sprain to a life-threatening injury; updated with the latest techniques.

Wilderness 911: A Step-By-Step Guide for Medical Emergencies and Improvised Care in the Backcountry (Backpacker Magazine) (Paperback)
by Eric A. Weiss

This one comes from The Backpacker Magazine. We love this one!

Divided into five sections, this book covers basic first aid, major medical emergencies, minor problems, those specific to particular environments such as high altitude or underwater settings, and miscellaneous topics like transporting the injured and performing procedures.

Wilderness First Aid: When You Can't Call 911 (Paperback)
by Gilbert Preston

Enjoy the outdoors and face the inherent risks with confidence. By reading this easy-to-follow first-aid text, all outdoor enthusiasts can pack a little extra peace of mind on their next adventure. Wilderness First Aid offers expert medical advice for dealing with outdoor emergencies beyond the reach of 911. It easily fits in most backcountry first-aid kits.

The Worst-Case Scenario Book Of Survival Questions Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht

The authors of the phenomenally best-selling Worst-Case Scenario Survival series have taught millions to prepare for the worst but how can readers be sure they're really ready? The Worst-Case Scenario Book of Survival Questions collects hundreds of survival dilemmas and questions designed to test true survival skill and daring.

The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht

How to Wrestle Free from an Alligator: 4. If its jaws are closed on something you want to remove (for example, a limb), tap or punch it on the snout. Though it's being marketed as a humorous title--after all, it's unlikely you'll be called upon to land a plane, jump from a motorcycle to a moving car, or win a swordfight--the information contained in The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is all quite sound.

Wilderness Medicine, Beyond First Aid, 5th Edition William Forgey

You and your group are on the adventure of a lifetime, far from civilization, surrounded by wilderness. Someone gets hurt or sick. What do you do? With Dr. William Forgey's comprehensive Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid in hand, you can recognize, assess, and treat many kinds of medical emergencies.

Nols Wilderness First Aid (Paperback) by Todd Schimelpfenig

75 illustrations 5 x 8 Revised and updated Comprehensive guide to diagnosing, treating, and transporting patients New chapter on leadership, teamwork, and communication 40,000 sold Praise for the second edition (0-8117-3084-0): "One of the finest first aid books I've seen." -Mel Otten, M.D. Wilderness First Aid Society This time-tested reference has taught thousands of NOLS students and other outdoor enthusiasts the essentials of wilderness treatment and has become a standard in its field.

Fit to Fish: How to Tangle Angling Injuries (Paperback) by Stephen L. Hisey

Do you end up with a sore shoulder after casting all day? Are you tired of that nagging wrist pain? If you find yourself suffering for your sport, this book is your solution. Fit to Fish is a ground-breaking book, co-authored by a practicing orthopedic surgeon and a physical therapist who are avid fishermen with over 25 years of combined orthopedic experience.

Survivalist's Medicine Chest by Ragnar Benson

From his years helping Third World natives, Ragnar Benson brings you this handbook for doctoring humans with readily obtainable, cheaply priced vet that are often identical to prescription drugs and cost only a fraction as much. Tetanus, typhoid and gun-wound infections will never again strike fear in the hearts of survivalists who pack this illustrated handbook in with their antibiotics, syringes, sulfa drugs, sewing needles and sutures.

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