Wilderness First Responder
How To Recognize, Treat, And Prevent Emergencies In The Backcountry
$72.51
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2022
Summary
The award-winning guide to medical training for wilderness rescue and self-care
Wilderness First Responder is a comprehensive text for the recognition, treatment, and prevention of backcountry emergencies, written by wilderness expert Buck Tilton with more than a dozen medical professionals. Thoroughly updated and revised, this teaching manual for the National Outdoor Leadership School’s Wilderness First Responder course represents more than a century and a half of combined experience…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781493067053 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1493067052 |
| Author: | Buck Tilton |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Imprint: | Falcon Guides |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 853g |
| Dimensions: | 281mm x 216mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Buck Tilton
Buck Tilton is co-founder of the Wilderness Medicine Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), which has become the largest school of wilderness medicine in the world. Buck has been a teacher of first aid for almost 30 years and for six of those, worked on an ambulance and volunteering in a hospital emergency rooms. He remains active, taking on assignments as a first responder in remote locations.
Buck is a regular columnist for Backpacker magazine and is also the author of Knack Knots You Need and Knack Hiking & Backpacking. His many books for FalconGuides, including the award-winning Wilderness First Responder, have sold more than 100,000 copies combined.
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