Wilderness First Aid
Third Edition
 By Tod Schimelpfenig and Linda Lindsey
"One of the finest first aid books I've seen" - Mel Otten, M.D., Wilderness Medical Society
This comprehensive guide to field medical care is a revised and updated edition of a classic book that has been used to teach thousands of NOLS students and general readers the essentials of wilderness first aid. It includes suggestions for preventing and treating the most commonly experienced wilderness accidents and illnesses. There are more than 75 practical illustrations showing signs, treatment, prevention and anatomy. Also included are emergency procedures for outdoor groups
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About the Authors
Linda Lindsey and Tod Schimelpfenig
Tod Schimelpfenig is the past NOLS management director at NOLS, founder of the wilderness risk managers committee, advisor to the Wilderness Medicine Institute and current NOLS Rocky Mountain director. An EMT for 25 years, he has gained extensive experience in search and rescue and ambulance work. In 1990, he was named Wyoming EMT Instructor of the Year. Tod has been a NOLS instructor for 25 years. He teaches NOLS' Wilderness EMT and Wilderness First Responder courses and serves as a critical stress debriefer.
Linda Lindsey, RN, BSN, EMT, is NOLS human resources director and a board member of the Wilderness Medical Society. She is the former coordinator of the Colorado Outward Bound first aid program and has five years' experience as a staff nurse in obstetrics and neonatal intensive care.
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Reading this information does not qualify a person to perform these procedures or to utilize this information in medical decisions. These text excerpts are not a substitute for a complete and thorough training course, patient care and wilderness experience and continuing medical education.
Text copyright © 1991 National Outdoor Leadership School.
Illustrations copyright © 1991 Joan Safford.
All rights reserved.
Published by: NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, 288 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to NOLS Publications, 288 Main Street, Lander, Wyoming 82520.