The Special Forces handbook has a wealth of field medicine for nearly every scenario from combat trauma to gynecology to dental care, as they and Civil Affairs personnel are out providing medical care to indigenous men, women, and children (when they aren't killing them).
You can find free, legal PDF copies online with a little Googling. Preferably, get the most recent revision as I've been told it's been updated substantially since the IQ/AF wars.
Edit: The title appears to have been updated to "Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook".
About what year (and month) would that be? Trying to find a copy. Sounds like a useful doc to have for situations like travelling, hiking, picnics, etc.
The last one I'm aware of is a 2008 edition renamed to "Special Operations Forces Medical Guide". There might also be a 2011 edition or even something more recent.
Keep in mind that many of the manuals at this link are declared obsolete because of outdated medical practices such as sucking the poison out of snake bites and such.
I would aim for guides published on or after circa 2008.
Most books, and apparently this one, skip the nasty stuff: when and how to remove a hand, arm, or leg or how to treat (and I mean "remove bullets, sew up and heal") gunshot wounds, etc. They almost always say "get to a hospital" or "get to a doctor". It's as if all medical books available to the public are written by lawyers concerned about liability.
I'd like a book that tells it straight - what you need to do when you're out of reach of civilization or not close enough or you can't trust civilization (e.g., you're in a war zone).
I don't believe that I couldn't remove someone's arm if necessary. After all, one man removed his own arm once. But I'd feel more comfortable with some instructions and some warnings on the way. As it is, were something like that necessary I'm thrown back on my own judgement.
Sure, odds are slim, but I like to have info available.
I came cross this book some time in 1991 or 1992, growing up in a developing country. Not having access to or being able to afford Playboy or Hustler, it was popular among my early teenage friends because of the explicit pictures of the female anatomy!
Years ago, I occupied by commute time by learning some Spanish with Pimsleur CD's. I'm nowhere near native, but got far enough along with it to take some continuing education classes at a local community college. I built up a small bookshelf of Spanish-language books, from various random sources.
One of those books is "Donde No Hay Doctor". I thought it purely an obscure Spanish publication, and am ALMOST a bit disappointed to learn that it's a well-known book in numerous languages.
We had this book in Laos in the late 70's. (Parents were US Diplomats, nearest real medical care was a plane flight to Bangkok.) The knowledge contained within 100% saved lives while we were there.
This is the first time I've ever run into a book with one of its few translations being Urdu! Wonderful to see that someone translated it, but it's unfortunate that the Urdu version is $33.95. At 4,756 PKR that's prohibitively expensive for people without access to a doctor to buy.
You're right that the list price is too high for individuals in developing countries to easily purchase. I believe the model is for a community clinic to purchase a copy, or for individuals to pool their money to buy a copy for their community. NGOs give away copies as well, with bulk purchases of the book being discounted.
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Another great book is the US Army Special Forces Medical Handbook. I have an ancient copy, but the following link looks to be it:
https://www.amazon.com/Army-Special-Forces-Medical-Handbook/...
The Special Forces handbook has a wealth of field medicine for nearly every scenario from combat trauma to gynecology to dental care, as they and Civil Affairs personnel are out providing medical care to indigenous men, women, and children (when they aren't killing them).
You can find free, legal PDF copies online with a little Googling. Preferably, get the most recent revision as I've been told it's been updated substantially since the IQ/AF wars.
Edit: The title appears to have been updated to "Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook".
Refreshing to see this posted online, instead of the constant "Thanks for protecting our freeedoms!"
About what year (and month) would that be? Trying to find a copy. Sounds like a useful doc to have for situations like travelling, hiking, picnics, etc.
I would aim for guides published on or after circa 2008.
[1] https://www.surviveuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Where-T...
[2] http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs12/Where_women_have_no_docto...
I'd like a book that tells it straight - what you need to do when you're out of reach of civilization or not close enough or you can't trust civilization (e.g., you're in a war zone).
I don't believe that I couldn't remove someone's arm if necessary. After all, one man removed his own arm once. But I'd feel more comfortable with some instructions and some warnings on the way. As it is, were something like that necessary I'm thrown back on my own judgement.
Sure, odds are slim, but I like to have info available.
Years ago, I occupied by commute time by learning some Spanish with Pimsleur CD's. I'm nowhere near native, but got far enough along with it to take some continuing education classes at a local community college. I built up a small bookshelf of Spanish-language books, from various random sources.
One of those books is "Donde No Hay Doctor". I thought it purely an obscure Spanish publication, and am ALMOST a bit disappointed to learn that it's a well-known book in numerous languages.