5007540
9780898868920
This compact, comprehensive book covers the causes and effects of hypothermia and other cold injuries, and tells how to prevent, recognize, and treat them. The new second edition includes expanded coverage of how the body loses heat and the latest rewarming techniques such as thermal wraps. There are new chapters on cold water drowning and covering additional cold injuries from Raynaud's phenomenon to cold-induced asthma. Other new chapters present strategies for cold weather survival, plus safe practices for working on the ice and ice water escape and rescue techniques.Giesbrecht, Gordon G. is the author of 'Hypothermia Frostbite And Other Cold Injuries Prevention, Recognition, Rescue, and Treatment', published 2006 under ISBN 9780898868920 and ISBN 0898868920.
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