Wilderness First Aid Field Guide, Third Edition is your user-friendly, pocket-sized guide that provides quick access to essential information for handling common injuries and illnesses when medical care is an hour or more away. This durable and water-resistant resource features:

• 1, User-friendly A-Z format

• 2, Decision tables outlining what signs to look for and what treatment steps to take

• 3, How to signal for help, when to evacuate, and recommended first aid supplies

• 4, New content on back blows for adults, encircling thumbs CPR technique for infants, and more

• 5, Prevention advice ranging from altitude illness and bear attacks to waterborne diseases and tick bites

The Third Edition has been revised to place special emphasis on life-saving skills so responders have greater willingness and confidence to act and communicate during actual emergencies. Additionally, the content has been updated to meet and exceed the following guidelines:

• 1, International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) recommendations.

• 2, Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) guidelines

• 3, Wilderness Medical Society guidelines

• 4, Scouts of America Wilderness First Aid Curriculum and Doctrine Guidelines