Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine

Chris Johnson · Sarah Anderson · Jon Dallimore · Shane Winser · David A. Warrell

Sep 2008 · OUP Oxford

About this ebook

Written by experienced expeditioners, the handbook is organized in to eight main sections and includes information on fieldcraft, diagnosis and treatment of medical problems encountered during an expedition (divided anatomically), environmental hazards, crisis management and issues to be dealt with after returning home. It also covers basic information about how to plan for an expedition, how to keep the expedition members healthy, how to diagnose and manage their medical problems in remote environments and provide brief summaries of medical problems peculiar to different expedition environments. This pocket-sized book contains all you need to know to minimise health risks, to protect your health and to deal with unexpected medical problems while you are travelling in remote, wilderness areas of the world.

About the author

Dr Chris Johnson completed an MD in environmental physiology while over-wintering in Antarctica in 1979 as a medical officer for the British Antarctic Survey. On return to the UK he trained as an anaesthetist and now works as a hospital consultant in Bristol. An enthusiastic teacher, he currently holds the post of Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and writes on aspects of medical education. He maintains an interest in cold weather physiology, is a member of the medical advisory panel to the Royal Geographical Society, and in recent years has travelled in the Yukon, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and Lapland.

Dr Chris Johnson completed an MD in environmental physiology while over-wintering in Antarctica in 1979 as a medical officer for the British Antarctic Survey. On return to the UK he trained as an anaesthetist and now works as a hospital consultant in Bristol. An enthusiastic teacher, he currently holds the post of Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and writes on aspects of medical education. He maintains an interest in cold weather physiology, is a member of the medical advisory panel to the Royal Geographical Society, and in recent years has travelled in the Yukon, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and Lapland.

Dr Chris Johnson completed an MD in environmental physiology while over-wintering in Antarctica in 1979 as a medical officer for the British Antarctic Survey. On return to the UK he trained as an anaesthetist and now works as a hospital consultant in Bristol. An enthusiastic teacher, he currently holds the post of Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and writes on aspects of medical education. He maintains an interest in cold weather physiology, is a member of the medical advisory panel to the Royal Geographical Society, and in recent years has travelled in the Yukon, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and Lapland.

Dr Chris Johnson completed an MD in environmental physiology while over-wintering in Antarctica in 1979 as a medical officer for the British Antarctic Survey. On return to the UK he trained as an anaesthetist and now works as a hospital consultant in Bristol. An enthusiastic teacher, he currently holds the post of Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and writes on aspects of medical education. He maintains an interest in cold weather physiology, is a member of the medical advisory panel to the Royal Geographical Society, and in recent years has travelled in the Yukon, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and Lapland.

Dr Chris Johnson completed an MD in environmental physiology while over-wintering in Antarctica in 1979 as a medical officer for the British Antarctic Survey. On return to the UK he trained as an anaesthetist and now works as a hospital consultant in Bristol. An enthusiastic teacher, he currently holds the post of Regional Adviser for the Royal College of Anaesthetists and writes on aspects of medical education. He maintains an interest in cold weather physiology, is a member of the medical advisory panel to the Royal Geographical Society, and in recent years has travelled in the Yukon, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and Lapland.