If there is one book you are buying this year, this should be it. On land, or on the sea, this is the one book you need when it comes to medical emergencies.
You can purchase it directly from the publishers here at https://store.doomandbloom.net/the-survival-medicine-handbook-the-essential-guide-for-when-help-is-not-on-the-way-fourth-edition-black-and-white-or-color-upgrade/ for $42 for the paperback, or $90 for the spiral binding version (only in US & Canada). It's also available at Amazon around the world (black & white paperback only). Check your local Amazon and search by the title.
At nearly 700 pages I can't begin to describe all the situations and procedures it covers. Here is the Table of Contents to give you an idea of what it covers.
The Survival Medicine Handbook: A Guide for When Help Is Not on the Way - Table of Contents
PREFACE: THE SECOND EDITION
- TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
- WHAT THIS BOOK ISN’T
INTRODUCTION: ARE YOU NORMAL?
SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS
- DOOM AND BLOOM VS. DOOM AND GLOOM
- BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS
- HISTORY OF PREPAREDNESS
- MEDICAL PREPAREDNESS
- THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRATED MEDICINE
- WILDERNESS MEDICINE VS. LONG TERM SURVIVAL MEDICINE
- THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY
- Practice What You Preach
SECTION 2: BECOMING A MEDICAL RESOURCE
- THE SURVIVAL MEDIC
- THE STATUS ASSESSMENT
- Responsibilities
- Scenarios
- How Many People?
- Special Needs?
- Physical Environment
- How Long?
- Obtaining knowledge
- Obtaining Training?
- LIKELY MEDICAL ISSUES YOU WILL FACE
- MEDICAL SKILLS YOU WILL WANT TO LEARN
- MEDICAL SUPPLIES
- Sterile vs. clean
- Personal carry Kit (IFAK)
- Nuclear family kit
- Medic at Away Camp List
- Community clinic supply kit
- NATURAL REMEDIES: A PRIMER
- ESSENTIAL OILS
- THE MEDICINAL GARDEN
- THE PHYSICAL EXAM
- THE MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT
- S.T.A.R.T.
- Primary Triage: MCI scenario
- MCI scenario results
- PATIENT TRANSPORT
- THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENT ADVOCATES
SECTION 3: HYGIENE AND SANITATION
- HYGIENE-RELATED MEDICAL ISSUES
- LICE, TICKS, AND WORMS
- DENTAL ISSUES
- How teeth decay
- Toothache
- Dental fractures
- Subluxations and Avulsions
- Dental extraction
- RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
- Colds vs. influenza
- Guide to protective masks
- FOOD AND WATER-BORNE ILLNESS
- Sterilizing water
- Sterilizing food
- DIARRHEAL DISEASE AND DEHYDRATION
- Rehydration
- DEALING WITH SEWAGE ISSUES
- FOOD POISONING
SECTION 4: INFECTIONS
- APPENDICITIS AND CONDITIONS THAT MIMIC IT
- Tubal pregnancy
- Diverticulitis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Ovarian cysts
- URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
- HEPATITIS
- PELVIC AND VAGINAL INFECTIONS
- CELLULITIS
- ABSCESSES
- TETANUS
- MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESS
SECTION 5: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
- HYPERTHERMIA (HEAT STROKE)
- HYPOTHERMIA
- Prevention
- Frostbite and Immersion (trench) foot
- Cold water safety
- Falling through the ice
- ALTITUDE SICKNESS
- WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
- Smoke inhalation
- TORNADO PREPAREDNESS
- HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
- EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS
- ALLERGIC REACTIONS
- Minor and chronic allergies
- Hay Fever
- Asthma
- Anaphylactic reactions
- POISON IVY, OAK, AND SUMAC
- RADIATION SICKNESS
- BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
SECTION 6: INJURIES
- MINOR WOUNDS
- MAJOR AND HEMORRHAGIC WOUNDS
- Commercial blood clotting agents
- SOFT TISSUE WOUND CARE
- WOUND CLOSURE
- Tapes, glues, and sutures
- All about sutures
- When to close/leave open a wound
- LOCAL ANESTHESIA AND NERVE BLOCKS
- Radial (wrist) blocks
- Digital (finger) blocks
- HOW TO SUTURE SKIN
- HOW TO STAPLE SKIN
- Staples vs. sutures
- BLISTERS, SPLINTERS, AND FISHHOOKS
- Foot Care
- NAILBED INJURIES
- BURN INJURIES
- First degree burns
- Second-degree burns
- Third-degree burns
- Natural burn remedies
- ANIMAL BITES
- SNAKE BITES
- INSECT BITES AND STINGS
- Bee/wasp
- Spiders
- Scorpions
- Fire Ants
- Bedbugs
- HEAD INJURIES
- SPRAINS AND STRAINS
- DISLOCATIONS
- FRACTURES
- Rib fractures and pneumothorax
- AMPUTATION
SECTION 7: CHRONIC MEDICAL PROBLEMS
- THYROID DISEASE
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- DIABETES
- HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
- Taking a blood pressure
- HEART DISEASE AND CHEST PAIN
- Cholesterol issues
- ULCER AND ACID REFLUX DISEASE
- SEIZURE DISORDERS
- When a person collapses
- JOINT DISEASE
- Arthritis types
- Natural therapy for joint disease
- KIDNEY AND GALL BLADDER STONES
- DERMATITIS (SKIN RASHES)
- VARICOSE VEINS
SECTION 8: OTHER IMPORTANT MEDICAL ISSUES
- CPR IN A COLLAPSE SITUATION
- Airway obstruction
- CPR in the unconscious patient
- HEADACHE
- Headache Types
- Natural headache relief
- EYE CARE
- infections of the eye
- eye trauma
- The “broken” nose
- EARACHE
- Ear infections
- Other ear problems
- HEMORRHOIDS
- BIRTH CONTROL, PREGNANCY, AND DELIVERY
- How to prevent pregnancy
- Pregnancy care basics
- Delivery
- ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
- SLEEP DEPRIVATION
SECTION 9: MEDICATIONS
- ESSENTIAL OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS
- PAIN MEDICATIONS
- NATURAL PAIN RELIEF
- STOCKPILING MEDICATIONS
- Antibiotic options
- Antibiotic overuse
- Other medicines
- HOW TO USE ANTIBIOTICS
- Amoxicillin
- Ciprofloxacin
- Doxycycline
- Azithromycin
- Clindamycin
- Metronidazole
- Sulfa Drugs
- Ampicillin
- Antifungal medications
- Antiviral medications
- EXPIRATION DATES
- AN OPEN LETTER TO PHYSICIANS
SECTION 10: REFERENCES
- PRINT AND VIDEO REFERENCES
- GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY