Description

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This is a textbook that can be used for a Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course, a Wilderness First Aid (WFA) course and a Basic Wilderness Life Support (BWLS) certification course. It is also a valuable new text for those venturing into the wilderness where no medical care is available. Written by wilderness medicine faculty and students at a number of medical schools, this text provides the latest updates in wilderness medicine treatment.

About the Author

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Richard J. Ingebretsen, MD, PhD is a clinical instructor of medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and a professor in the department of physics at the University of Utah. He is an attending emergency room physician and practices internal medicine in Salt Lake City. He is the Director of the Wilderness Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, on the board of Advanced Wilderness Life Support, and is the medical director of Salt Lake County Sheriff's Search and Rescue.