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| Introduction to Wilderness First Aid | |
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| What Is Wilderness? | |
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| What Is Wilderness First Aid? | |
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| Legal and Ethical Issues | |
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| Psychological and Emotional Issues | |
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| Infectious Disease Precautions | |
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| Immunizations | |
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| Travel Medical Insurance | |
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| Action at an Emergency | |
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| Approaching a Victim | |
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| Mechanism (Cause) of Injury | |
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| Getting to Victims | |
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| Motor Vehicle Crashes | |
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| Wildland Fires | |
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| Animals | |
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| Confined Spaces | |
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| Moving a Victim | |
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| Extrication From Difficult Locations | |
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| Seeking Help | |
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| Guidelines for Evacuation | |
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| Signaling for Help | |
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| Victim Assessment and Urgent Care | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Scene Size-up | |
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| Primary Assessment | |
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| History Taking | |
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| Physical Exam | |
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| Reassessment | |
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| Multiple-Victim Incidents (Triage) | |
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| Care of Bleeding, Wounds, and Burns | |
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| Controlling Bleeding | |
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| Types of Wounds | |
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| Cleaning a Wound | |
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| Wound Irrigation | |
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| Evaluating Function | |
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| Wound Closure | |
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| Wound Infection | |
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| Special Wounds | |
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| Blisters | |
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| Closed Wounds-Bruises | |
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| Impaled (Embedded) Objects | |
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| Gunshot Wounds | |
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| Wounds Requiring Evacuation | |
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| Burn Classification | |
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| Electrical Burns | |
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| Sunburn | |
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| Dressings and Bandages | |
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| Dressings | |
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| Bandages | |
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| Applying and Removing a Dressing | |
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| Bandaging Techniques | |
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| Head and Facial Injuries | |
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| Scalp Wounds | |
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| Facial Wounds | |
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| Facial Fracture | |
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| Contact Lenses | |
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| Dry Eye | |
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| Infection | |
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| Nonpenetrating Injury | |
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| Foreign Body | |
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| Scratch | |
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| Ultraviolet Burn (Snow Blindness) | |
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| Chemical Burn | |
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| Bruising | |
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| Frozen Eyelashes | |
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| Open Injury (Penetrating) | |
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| Impaled Object | |
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| Eyelid Injury | |
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| What to Look For | |
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| What to Do | |
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| Lost Eyeglasses | |
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| Foreign Body in the Ear | |
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| Nosebleed | |
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| Broken Nose | |
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| Swallowed Foreign Body | |
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| Fracture | |
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| Dislocation | |
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| Cuts on the Lips and Tongue | |
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| Toothache | |
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| Cavities | |
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| Abscess | |
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| Avulsed (Knocked-Out) Tooth | |
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| Bone, Joint, and Muscle injuries | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Treatment | |
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| Open Fractures | |
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| Dislocations | |
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| Sprains | |
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| Strains and Tendon Injuries | |
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| Muscle Cramps | |
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| Specific Bone and Joint Injuries | |
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| Shoulder Injury | |
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| Shoulder Dislocation | |
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| Upper Arm Injury | |
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| Elbow Injury | |
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| Lower Arm Injury | |
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| Hand Injury | |
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| Finger Dislocation and Fractures | |
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| Hip Injury | |
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| Pelvic Injury | |
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| Thigh Injury | |
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| Knee Injury | |
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| Lower Leg injury | |
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| Ankle Injury | |
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| Foot Injury | |
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| Toe Injury | |
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| Assessing and Treating Spinal Injuries | |
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| Moving a Victim With a Spinal Injury | |
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| When to Remove Spine Immobilization | |
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| Circulatory Emergencies | |
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| Anatomy and Physiology | |
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| Shock | |
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| Internal Bleeding | |
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| Heart Disease and Chest Pain | |
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| Respiratory Emergencies | |
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| Assessment and Treatment of Chest Injuries | |
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| Rib Fractures | |
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| Pneumothorax or Hemothorax | |
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| Tension Pneumothorax | |
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| Open Injury | |
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| Chest Pain | |
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| Chest Wall Pain | |
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| Asthma | |
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| Colds | |
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| Bronchitis | |
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| Pneumonia | |
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| Benign Hyperventilation | |
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| Neurologic Emergencies | |
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| Causes and Treatment for Unresponsive Conditions | |
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| Concussion | |
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| Head Injury With Delayed Deterioration | |
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| Severe Diffuse Brain Injury | |
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| Skull Fractures | |
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| Stroke | |
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| Seizures | |
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| Simple Fainting | |
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| Headache | |
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| Migraine | |
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| Diabetes | |
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| Abdominal Emergencies | |
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| Closed Injuries | |
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| Open Injuries | |
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| Hernia | |
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| Pain | |
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| Appendicitis | |
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| Nausea and Vomiting | |
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| Diarrhea | |
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| Constipation | |
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| Bloody Stools and Hemorrhoids | |
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| Diabetic Emergencies and Allergic Reactions | |
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| Diabetes | |
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| Acute Complications of Diabetes | |
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| Severe Allergic Reactions (Anaphylactic Shock) | |
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| Allergic Rhinitis | |
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| Hives | |
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| Genitourinary Problems | |
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| Vaginitis | |
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| Vulvar Irritation | |
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| Problems With Urination | |
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| Missed Menses | |
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| Heavy or Prolonged Vaginal Bleeding | |
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| Vaginal Bleeding While on Hormonal Contraceptives | |
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| Vaginal Bleeding During Pregnancy | |
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| Low Abdominal Pain | |
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| Pain Due to Infections | |
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| Pain With Internal Bleeding From Ruptured Cyst or Ectopic Pregnancy | |
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| Pain Associated With Pregnancy | |
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| Problems With Urination | |
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| Bloody Urine | |
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| Frequent Urination | |
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| Inability to Urinate | |
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| Testicular Pain | |
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| Pain and Swelling of Foreskin | |
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| Kidney Stone | |
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| Physical and Environmental Hazards | |
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| Immediate Changes of Acclimatization | |
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| Late Changes of Acclimatization | |
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| Predicting AMS | |
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| Prevention of AMS | |
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| High-Altitude Climbing | |
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| AMS | |
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| High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema | |
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| High-Altitude Cerebral Edema | |
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| Hypothermia | |
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| Mild Hypothermia | |
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| Severe Hypothermia | |
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| Deep Hypothermia | |
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| Immersion Hypothermia | |
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| Frostbite | |
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| Frostnip | |
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| Immersion (Trench) Foot | |
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| Chilblains | |
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| Heat Exhaustion | |
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| Heatstroke | |
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| Heat Cramps | |
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| Other Heat Illnesses | |
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| Lightning Safety Guidelines | |
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| Injuries Caused By Lightning | |
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| Poisons, Toxins, and Poisonous Plants | |
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| Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | |
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| Toxic Plants and Poisons | |
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| Plant-Induced Dermatitis | |
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| Animal Bites, Human Bites, and Snake Bites | |
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| Wild Animals | |
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| Domestic Animals | |
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| Rabies | |
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| Treating Human Bites | |
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| Pit Viper Snake Bite | |
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| Coral Snake Bite | |
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| Nonpoisonous Snake Bite | |
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| Insect and Arthropod Bites and Stings | |
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| Black Widow Spider | |
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| Brown Recluse Spider | |
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| Tarantula | |
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| Recognizing a Scorpion and Its Sting | |
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| Assessing and Treating Centipede Bites | |
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| Assessing and Treating Tick Bites | |
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| Lyme Disease | |
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| Assessing and Treating Insect Stings | |
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| Water Emergencies | |
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| Breathing-Gas Problems | |
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| Decompression Illnesses (Dysbarism) | |
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| Portuguese Man-of-War, Jellyfish, Sea Anemone | |
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| CPR Basics | |
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| CPR in the Wilderness | |
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| When to Start CPR | |
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| When to Give Prolonged CPR (longer than 30 minutes) | |
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| When Not to Start CPR | |
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| When to Stop CPR | |
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| CPR | |
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| Airway Obstruction in a Responsive Adult (8 Years and Older) or Child (1 to 8 Years) | |
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| Responsive Infant With Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (Choking) | |
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| First Aid Equipment and Supplies | |
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| Water Disinfection | |
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| Field Techniques for Water Treatment | |
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| The Preferred Technique | |
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| Camp Hygiene | |
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| Fluid and Electrolyte Replacement | |
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| Replacement of Intestinal Fluid Losses | |
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| Improving the Odds of Survival | |
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| Clothing | |
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| Shelter | |
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| Water and Food | |
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| Heat | |
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| Light | |
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| Route Finding and Navigation | |
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| Travel Aids | |
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| Tools and Repair Kit | |
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| Communication Equipment | |
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| Index | |