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Deliver quality healthcare in the most challenging field conditions
Comprehensive yet compact, practical, and enduring, Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments, Second Edition, is the one book to toss into your bag when going to practice medicine in global, disaster, or other resource-poor settings, including theaters of war, regions of civil unrest, and economically deprived areas.
Full of practical clinical pearls and field-tested strategies, this indispensable guide provides detailed instructions on how to work successfully outside of your comfort zone. It demonstrates how to devise effective treatment solutions when the traditional tools (medications, equipment, and staff) are una
Table of ContentsSection I: The Situation
Section II: Basic Needs
Section III: Patient Assessment and Stabilization
Section IV: Surgical Interventions
Section V: Nonsurgical Interventions
