Outdoor and Mountain Medicine

Mountaineering Rescue and First Aid Care

Published by the Swiss Alpine Club, SAC, Outdoor and Mountain Medicine is a
detailed reference work for everybody travelling in the mountains and keen to
know more about medicine and health in the outdoors.

In addition to first aid and makeshift rescue, topics like training and
nutrition, women and children in high altitude, health problems on treks and
expeditions, medical issues in rock climbing, canyoning, mountain biking and
so on are explained by experienced mountain doctors. Countless practical tips
are presented in an easy to understand format, supported with colour photos,
illustrations and tables.

Dr Anna Brunello is an anaesthesiologist and assists the Swiss Air Rescue
Service as an emergency medical practitioner. She is a member of the Swiss
Mountain Medicine Society and an active mountaineer. Dr Martin Walliser is
Head of Accident Surgery and Vice-Chairman of the Swiss Mountain Medicine
Society. He has been an active mountain guide since 1993. Dr Urs Hefti is the
Head of the Swiss Sport Clinic, a clinical emergency physician as well as
support for the Swiss Air Rescue Service. He is a mountaineer who has led
major scientific research expeditions at high altitude.