Field medicine downloads

This information is taken from:

RGS-IBG Expedition Medicine Manual
David Warrell and Sarah Anderson (ed.) Profile Books 2002. 398pp. ISBN 1 86197 434-5.

Important note: This book was published in 2002 so some of the information may now have been revised and most importantly the recommended drugs may also have changed. The latest advice can be found in the Oxford Handbook of Expedition Medicine, 2nd Edition, 2015.

 

Section 2: Field medicine gives advice on how to deal with some of the medical problems encountered during an expedition.

Chapters from the field medicine section of the manual can be downloaded below.