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The Onboard Medical Guide

The Onboard Medical Guide

First Aid and Emergency Medicine Afloat

M.D., Paul G. Gill Jr.

Paul G. Gill, Jr., M.D., a native of Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in Stony Brook, New York, Where he first developed his love for boating and the sea. He attended the University of Notre Dame and the University of Alabama School of Medicine, and now practices emergency medicine in Vermont. A board-certified emergency medicine specialist, he writes a sports medicine column for Outdoor Life magazine, and spends most of his leisure time building boats and sailing them on Lake Champlain and on Penobscot Bay in Maine.

** Review **

"Not only is it an interested read, with quotes and situations actually encountered, [this book] is an excellent comprehensive guide to medicine at sea."--Sailing

"Should be a requisite component of all boaters' safety lockers."--Lakeland Boating

** Contents **

Shock, Airway Emergencies, and CPR. Soft Tissue Injuries and Burns. Head, Neck, Facial, and Eye Injuries. Chest and Abdominal Injuries. Fractures and Dislocations. Shipboard Dentistry. Shipboard Dermatology. Drowning and Near-Drowning. Hypothermia and Cold Water Immersion. Man Overboard. Survival at Sea. Seasickness. Sunburn, Other Solar Injuries, and Heat Illness. Diving Medicine. Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation. Fish Poisoning--Scombroid, Ciguatera, and Shellfish Poisoning. Venomous Marine Animals. Sharks and Other Marine Marauders. Lightning on the High Seas. Chest Pain. Abdominal Pain and Other Gastrointestinal Emergencies. Gynecologic Problems and Childbirth at Sea. Urinary and Male Genital Problems. Insect Stings and Allergies. Headache. Onboard Pediatrics. The Ship's Medicine Chest.

Soft: 0070242747 (Nov 1996)  230p. 100 Illus. 7 3/8 x 9 1/4 

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