Book- Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook

676 pages!

The newest edition of the Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook is perfect and practical for both soldiers and civilians.

Nearly 140 comprehensive illustrations show the proper techniques for medical care, from basic first-aid and orthopedics to instructions for emergency war surgery and even veterinary medicine.

Questions are listed so that the medic can obtain an accurate patient history and perform a complete physical examination.

Diagnoses are made easier with information on the distinctive features of each illness.

This straightforward manual is sure to assist any reader faced with a medical issue or emergency.

This illustrated manual includes the following chapters:

Part 1: Operational Issues

Operational Issues: Care Under Fire

Operational Issues: Hospital Survey

Operational Issues: General Medical Site Survey Checklist

Operational Issues: Site Survey, Veterinary Annex

Operational Issues: Pararescue Primary Medical Kit Packing List

Operational Issues: USAF SOF Trauma Ruck Pack List

Operational Issues: USAF SOF Trauma Vest Pack List

Operational Issues: Suggested M5 Packing List

Operational Issues: Naval Special Warfare Combat Trauma AMAL

Operational Issues: Patient Considerations

Operational Issues: 9 Line MEDEVAC Request

Operational Issues: Helicopter Landing Sites

Operational Issues: CASEVAC with Fixed Winged Aircraft

Operational Issues: Air Evacuation Phone List

Part 2: Clinical Process

Clinical Process: Medical History and Physical Examination

Part 3: General Symptoms

Symptom: Acute Abdominal Pain

Symptom: Anxiety

Symptom: Back Pain, Low

Symptom: Breast Problems: Mastitis

Symptom: Breast Problems: Breast Abscess Incision

and Drainage Procedure

Symptom: Chest Pain

Symptom: Constipation

Symptom: Cough

Symptom: Depression and Mania

Symptom: Acute Diarrhea

Symptom: Dizziness

Symptoms: ENT Problems

Symptoms: Eye Problems: Acute Vision Loss without Trauma

Symptom: Eye Problems: Acute Red Eye Without Trauma

Symptom: Eye Problems: Orbital or Periorbital Inflammation

Symptom: Eye Problems: Eye Injury

Symptom: Fatigue

Symptom: Fever

Symptom: GYN Problems: Female Pelvic Examination

Symptom: GYN Problems: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Pain, Acute

Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Pain, Chronic

Symptom: GYN Problems: Vaginitis

Symptom: GYN Problems: Bacterial Vaginosis

Symptom: GYN Problems: Candida Vaginitis/Vulvitis

Symptom: GYN Problems: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Symptom: GYN Problems: Bartholin’s Gland Cyst/Abscess

Symptom: Headache

Symptom: Jaundice

Symptom: Joint Pain

Symptom: Joint Pain: Shoulder Pain

Symptom: Joint Pain: Hip Pain

Symptom: Joint Pain: Knee Pain

Symptom: Joint Pain: Ankle Pain

Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Genital Inflammation

Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Testis/Scrotal Mass

Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Prostatitis

Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Testis Torsion

Symptom: Male Genital Problems: Epididymitis

Symptom: Memory Loss

Symptom: OB Problems: Pregnancy

Symptom: OB Problems: Vaginal Delivery

Symptom: OB Problems: Preterm Labor (PTL)

Symptom: OB Problems: Relief of Shoulder Dystocia

Symptom: OB Problems: Breech Delivery

Symptom: OB Problems: Cesarean Section

Symptom: OB Problems: Episiotomy and Repair

Symptom: OB Problems: Preeclampsia/Eclampsia

Symptom: Palpitations

Symptom: Rash and Itching Rash with a Fever

Symptom: Shortness of Breath (Dyspnea)

Symptom: Syncope (Fainting)

Part 4: Organ Systems

Chapter 1: Cardiac/Circulatory Cardiac:

Chapter 2: Blood

Chapter 3: Respiratory

Chapter 4: Endocrine Endocrine: Adrenal Insufficiency

Chapter 5: Neurologic

Chapter 6: Skin

Chapter 7: Gastrointestinal (GI)

Chapter 8: Genitourinar

Part 5: Specialty Areas

Chapter 9 Podiatry

Chapter 10: Dentistry

Chapter 11: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)

Chapter 12: Zoonotic Diseases

Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases (ID)

Chapter 14: Preventive Medicine

Chapter 15: Veterinary Medicine

Chapter 16: Human Nutritional Deficiencies

Chapter 17: Toxicology

Chapter 18: Mental Health

Chapter 19: Anesthesia

Part 6: Operational Environments

Chapter 20: Dive Medicine

Chapter 21: Aerospace Medicine

Chapter 22: High Altitude Illnesses

Chapter 23: Cold Illnesses and Injuries

Chapter 24: Heat-Related Illnesses

Chapter 25: Chemical, Biological, and Radiation (CBR) Injuries

Chapter 26: CBR: Biological Warfare

Chapter 27: CBR: Radiation Injury

Part 7: Trauma

Chapter 28 Trauma Assessment

Chapter 29: Human and Animal Bites

Chapter 30: Shock

Chapter 31: Burns, Blast, Lightning, & Electrical Injuries

... and more.

676 pages.