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“Fortune favours the prepared mind”. This quote from Louis Pasteur starts off the book Travel Medicine and Security by Dr. Rickard Ånell and Jens Berglund.
This is a great handbook to bring our your travels or just to read out of shear interest as it covers everything from pre-trip preparation through risk assessment and how to handle emergency situations to a comprehensive treatment guide. Here follows a full table of content:
PART 1. Before travelling....15
1. Successful, safe travel.....17
2. Planning and preparation... 25
3. Flights, transport and accommodation...68
4. Security and medical risk...80
5. Dangerous animals...100
6. What to do in an emergency situation... 107
PART 2. Treatment guide...137
7. About first aid...139
8. Trauma treatment...143
9. Injuries and accidents...161
10. Diseases and infections...175
11. Symptoms and conditions...201
12. More advanced medical care...231
13. Communication and reporting...235
Explanations...242
References...246
About the authors: Dr. Ånell is an orthopedic surgeon and specialist in occupational health. He is a researcher in the aerospace medicine field and works as the global medical advisor for SAAB AB and has previously worked for the Swedish Armed Forces, the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and the Centre for Teaching and Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology and has for many years run Adapted Medical Solutions AB, which offers training courses and advice to security- and international companies.
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