Travel and Adventure Medicine, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America
Author | : Paul S. Pottinger |
Publisher | : Elsevier Health Sciences |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2016-03-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780323416511 |
ISBN-13 | : 0323416519 |
Rating | : 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Paul S. Pottinger and Christopher A. Sanford, is devoted to Travel and Adventure Medicine. Articles in this issue include: Immunizations; Malaria; Personal Protection Measures; Traveler's Diarrhea; Urban Medicine and Trauma; Care of the Healthcare Provider; Evaluation of the Ill Returned Traveler; The Ethics of Medical Volunteerism; High-Altitude Medicine; Dive Medicine; Wilderness Medicine, Including First Aid & Hypo/Hyperthermia; The Medical Kit; Adventure Sports: Spelunking, water exposures; and Resources for the Provider and Opportunities in Further Training in Travel and Adventure Medicine.