Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments, Volume 1

Contents

Credits, Foreword by The Surgeon General, US Army, Preface, Table of Contents

Hot Environments: C. Bruce Wenger, MD, PhD, Section Editor

1. Introduction to Heat-Related Problems in Military Operations
2. Human Adaptation to Hot Environments
3. Physical Exercise in Hot Climates: Physiology, Performance, and Biomedical Issues
4. Psychological Aspects of Military Performance in Hot Environments
5. Pathophysiology of Heatstroke
6. Prevention of Heat Illness
7. Clinical Diagnosis, Management, and Surveillance of Exertional Heat Illness
8. Exertional Heatstroke in the Israeli Defence Forces
9. Practical Medical Aspects of Military Operations in the Heat

Cold Environments: Robert S. Pozos, PhD, Section Editor

10. Cold, Casualties, and Conquests: The Effects of Cold on Warfare
11. Human Physiological Responses to Cold Stress and Hypothermia
12. Human Psychological Performance in Cold Environments
13. Prevention of Cold Injuries
14. Clinical Aspects of Freezing Cold Injury
15. Nonfreezing Cold Injury
16. Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia
17. Cold Water Immersion
18. Military Medical Operations in Cold Environments

Appendix: William J. Mills, Jr, MD

Pictorial Atlas of Freezing Cold Injury

Acronyms and Abbreviations

 

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