Bradford Angier, Dr. E. Russel Kodet Being Your Own Wilderness Doctor

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Being your own wilderness doctor for the security of knowing what to do for the bestin case of the worsta more than first-aid companion that's always there when a doctor may be too far away.Angier who knows the outdoors, and Dr. Kodet who knows peopleinside and outteam up to present life-saving, panic-preventing information for times when making the right decision is most vital.Here are trip-saving ways to handle the sometimes painful but rarely serious accident-health problems that can face campers, hikers, and vacationerscuts, sprains, insect bites, blisters burns. Here's what to do when a misstep results in fracture, break, dislocation, swelling. Know how a doctor would view symptoms that loom larger as the metropolis recedes; how he's handle the problem; how to differentiate between minor protests of hard used muscles and signs of serious trouble that call for prompt professional help.