Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook, 9781399413091
Paperback
Practical medical guide for sailors facing emergencies at sea.

Skipper's Medical Emergency Handbook

first aid at sea 3rd edition

$76.09

  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    26 February 2024

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Summary

Skipper’s Lifeline: Medical Guide for Sailors

The Skipper’s Medical Emergency Handbook is designed to assist all who go to sea - whether on a day excursion, a holiday cruise or an even longer trip.

This essential book provides practical advice, boosts confidence and helps you to solve problems and minimise danger for all on board. Written by two medical experts and hugely experienced sailors, this third edition has been thoroughly updated throughout…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399413091
ISBN-10:1399413090
Author:Dr Spike Briggs, Dr Campbell Mackenzie
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Edition:3rd
Release Date:26 February 2024
Weight:555g
Dimensions:234mm x 130mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

If you take only one medical handbook on board, make it this one. It has been carefully thought through and is presented logically in an at-a-glance format that would be quick and easy to use in a crisis, with plenty of diagrams and flow charts to help. * Yachting World *

About The Author

Dr Spike Briggs

Dr Spike Briggs MD FRCA CEng is a consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia. He has sailed all his life, including racing around the world in 1996. He is the Managing Director of Medical Support Offshore, an advisor to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and member of the Medical Commission for World Sailing.

Dr Campbell Mackenzie RD* BA FRCP(Edin) AFOM was a consultant renal & intensive care physician and a Surg-Cdr Royal Naval Reserve. He is a RYA Ocean Yachtmaster and a Cape Horner.

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