A list of Medical books you might want to have
Mar 26, 2022 9:34:02 GMT -6
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Post by wolfbrother on Mar 26, 2022 9:34:02 GMT -6
This is generally one of my first posts anytime I join a forum. I have these in .pdf format. Is there a place here to upload them?
A List Of Medical Books You Might Want To Have/Read/Study Before Bad Times Happen.
Compiled by WolfBrother
I have been in/around First Aid/Military Medicine/EMS since I was in Junior High (1963-65). Currently I have no active certifications but do have a lifetime of experience and knowledge. If you have questions or concerns feel free to ask, I will be more than happy to give an opinion.
Back when forums were starting up, pre-Y2K, many folks were coming new into the Self Sufficiency and Emergency Preparedness world. A common question was where do I get medical information/books? I started this list and over the years it has grown and changed. There are other books to be found on the internet but I have found these will give the reader a broad range of knowledge.
MY OPINION - If you work thru the free list, in the order it appears, you will obtain a broad range of good medical knowledge, starting with the basics then working up. The first 5 are downloadable for free. The rest, as noted below, cost.
If you wish to spend money ALSO as you work thru the lists then:
Wilderness and Survival Medicine 2014: 2nd Edition
and
Emergency Dentistry Handbook: Providing Dental Care In Disaster Areas, Combat Zones, and Other Austere Environments
fit in at the same level as the “Where There Is No xxxx” books. Both these books were recommended by Reasonable Rascal. RR runs the Forum Remote, Austere, Wilderness & Third World Medicine Forum and is one of the mover/shakers fir the first book listed below.
However, without training and practice.................
Remember, A BOOK ... A COOK does not make.
If you have time/money etc - take the Red Cross 1st Aid courses, join a CERT team, GET TRAINING.
Survival and Austere Medicine: An introduction V3
www.ausprep.org/manuals
Where There Is No Doctor
Where There Is No Dentist
hesperian.org/books-and-resources/
The Ship Captain's Medical Guide
www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-ship-captains-medical-guide
2007 Ranger Medic Handbookwww.patriotresistance.com/Ranger_Medic_Handbook_2007_1_.pdf
Save Lives Save Limbstraumatologi.no/save-lives-save-limbs-life-support-to-victims-of-mines-wars-and-accident/
www.scribd.com/document/347953076/Save-Lives-Save-Limbs-Compressed
END DOWNLOAD FOR FREE
The following two books were recommended as being better than the Where There Is No books listed above.
One of the primary authors of Survival and Austere Medicine: An introduction V3 made the recommendations.
I do not have nor have I read them but I’ll take the recommendation as being a good one
Wilderness and Survival Medicine 2014: 2nd Edition
www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Survival-Medicine-2014-2nd/dp/1493720031
Emergency Dentistry Handbook: Providing Dental Care In Disaster Areas, Combat Zones, and Other Austere Environments
www.amazon.com/Emergency-Dentistry-Handbook-Providing-Environments/dp/1610040449/
BEGIN the you have to pay money for these books section.
Ditch Medicine
Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies (Paperback)
www.amazon.com/Ditch-Medicine-Advanced-Procedures-Emergencies/dp/1581603908/
Hugh Coffee
ISBN-10: 1581603908
ISBN-13: 978-1581603903
Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (Book Only Edition) (Ring-bound)
www.amazon.com/Special-Operations-Forces-Medical-Handbook/dp/1893441547/
AND NOW:
Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
www.amazon.com/Special-Operations-Forces-Medical-Handbook/dp/0160808960
I have both (including the 1st edition companion CD).
The 1st. has stuff the 2nd does not have.
The 2nd. has stuff the 1st does not have.
If you can afford it - my opinion - get both.
Please read and heed: the original Special Force's Medical Guide has been completely supplanted by the SOF medical handbooks noted above.
www.amazon.com/Special-Forces-Medical-Handbook-31-91B/dp/0806510455/
The following are some quotes about the original SF manual:
Quote
"That manual is a relic of sentimental and historical interest only, advocating treatments that, if used by today’s medics, would result in disciplinary measures,” wrote Dr. Warner Anderson, a U.S. Army Colonel (ret.) and former associate dean of the Special Warfare Medical Group. “The manual you reference is of great historical importance in illustrating the advances made in SOF medicine in the past 25 years. But it no more reflects current SOF practice than a 25 year-old Merck Manual reflects current Family Practice. In 2007, it is merely a curiosity.”
“Readers who use some of the tips and remedies could potentially cause harm to themselves or their patients.”
In order to use that manual, you would have to already know what is still useful versus what isn't. I have a copy and I know the parts that are and aren’t. It's still a fascinating read, especially the parts that are in there that "would result in disciplinary measures".
Fundamental Skills in Surgery [Hardcover]
By Thomas F. Nealon, William H. Nealon
www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Skills-Surgery-Thomas-Nealon/dp/0721664601/
ISBN-13 : 9780721664606
Binding : Hardcover
Pages : 468
Publisher : W.B. Saunders Company
Fundamental Skills for Surgery
Richard Perry
www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Skills-Surgery-Iain-Skinner/dp/0074713353/
ISBN13: 9780074713358,
ISBN10: 0074713353,
Division: Professional,
Pub Date: OCT-08,
Pages: 320
Edition: 02
ALL of the following books are in use over the world by those who are not necessarily trained in surgery to perform any number of surgeries.
[Begin_My_Opinion]
The following 3 books are in the “Buy these to round out your already extensive Medical Library” category.
They are a bit pricey. The wikipedia source for copy/paste into Word/Print is incomplete.
[End_My_Opinion]
Primary Surgery: Non-Trauma v.1: Non-Trauma Vol 1 (Paperback)
by Maurice King (Editor), Peter C. Bewes (Editor), James Cairns (Editor), Jim Thornton (Editor)
Paperback: 656 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford; New edition edition (14 Jun 1990)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192616943
ISBN-13: 978-0192616944
www.amazon.co.uk/Primary-Surgery-Non-Trauma-v-1-Vol/dp/0192616943
Trauma: 2 (Primary Surgery) (Paperback)
by Maurice H. King (Author)
Paperback: 381 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (22 Jan 1987)
Language English
ISBN-10: 019261598X
ISBN-13: 978-0192615985
www.amazon.co.uk/Trauma-Primary-Maurice-H-King/dp/019261598X/
Primary Anaesthesia (Primary Surgery) (Paperback)
by Maurice H. King (Author)
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (19 Jun 1986)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192615920
ISBN-13: 978-0192615923
www.amazon.com/Primary-Anesthesia-Surgery-Maurice-King/dp/0192615920
One additional book suggested by one whom I know to be knowledgeable. I do not have the book nor have I read it.
It is on my list to get books.
Atlas of Minor Surgery
I.D. Cracknell & M.G. Mead
www.amazon.com/Atlas-Minor-Surgery-Ian-Cracknell/dp/0443053049/
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company, 1 edition (June 1998)
ISBN-10: 0443053049
ISBN-13: 978-0443053047
Pages: 86
Available in German as well: www.amazon.com/Kleine-Chirurgie-Ian-D-Cracknell/dp/3456831315/
Compiled by WolfBrother
I have been in/around First Aid/Military Medicine/EMS since I was in Junior High (1963-65). Currently I have no active certifications but do have a lifetime of experience and knowledge. If you have questions or concerns feel free to ask, I will be more than happy to give an opinion.
Back when forums were starting up, pre-Y2K, many folks were coming new into the Self Sufficiency and Emergency Preparedness world. A common question was where do I get medical information/books? I started this list and over the years it has grown and changed. There are other books to be found on the internet but I have found these will give the reader a broad range of knowledge.
MY OPINION - If you work thru the free list, in the order it appears, you will obtain a broad range of good medical knowledge, starting with the basics then working up. The first 5 are downloadable for free. The rest, as noted below, cost.
If you wish to spend money ALSO as you work thru the lists then:
Wilderness and Survival Medicine 2014: 2nd Edition
and
Emergency Dentistry Handbook: Providing Dental Care In Disaster Areas, Combat Zones, and Other Austere Environments
fit in at the same level as the “Where There Is No xxxx” books. Both these books were recommended by Reasonable Rascal. RR runs the Forum Remote, Austere, Wilderness & Third World Medicine Forum and is one of the mover/shakers fir the first book listed below.
However, without training and practice.................
Remember, A BOOK ... A COOK does not make.
If you have time/money etc - take the Red Cross 1st Aid courses, join a CERT team, GET TRAINING.
Survival and Austere Medicine: An introduction V3
www.ausprep.org/manuals
Where There Is No Doctor
Where There Is No Dentist
hesperian.org/books-and-resources/
The Ship Captain's Medical Guide
www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-ship-captains-medical-guide
2007 Ranger Medic Handbookwww.patriotresistance.com/Ranger_Medic_Handbook_2007_1_.pdf
Save Lives Save Limbstraumatologi.no/save-lives-save-limbs-life-support-to-victims-of-mines-wars-and-accident/
www.scribd.com/document/347953076/Save-Lives-Save-Limbs-Compressed
END DOWNLOAD FOR FREE
The following two books were recommended as being better than the Where There Is No books listed above.
One of the primary authors of Survival and Austere Medicine: An introduction V3 made the recommendations.
I do not have nor have I read them but I’ll take the recommendation as being a good one
Wilderness and Survival Medicine 2014: 2nd Edition
www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Survival-Medicine-2014-2nd/dp/1493720031
Emergency Dentistry Handbook: Providing Dental Care In Disaster Areas, Combat Zones, and Other Austere Environments
www.amazon.com/Emergency-Dentistry-Handbook-Providing-Environments/dp/1610040449/
BEGIN the you have to pay money for these books section.
Ditch Medicine
Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies (Paperback)
www.amazon.com/Ditch-Medicine-Advanced-Procedures-Emergencies/dp/1581603908/
Hugh Coffee
ISBN-10: 1581603908
ISBN-13: 978-1581603903
Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (Book Only Edition) (Ring-bound)
www.amazon.com/Special-Operations-Forces-Medical-Handbook/dp/1893441547/
AND NOW:
Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
www.amazon.com/Special-Operations-Forces-Medical-Handbook/dp/0160808960
I have both (including the 1st edition companion CD).
The 1st. has stuff the 2nd does not have.
The 2nd. has stuff the 1st does not have.
If you can afford it - my opinion - get both.
Please read and heed: the original Special Force's Medical Guide has been completely supplanted by the SOF medical handbooks noted above.
www.amazon.com/Special-Forces-Medical-Handbook-31-91B/dp/0806510455/
The following are some quotes about the original SF manual:
Quote
"That manual is a relic of sentimental and historical interest only, advocating treatments that, if used by today’s medics, would result in disciplinary measures,” wrote Dr. Warner Anderson, a U.S. Army Colonel (ret.) and former associate dean of the Special Warfare Medical Group. “The manual you reference is of great historical importance in illustrating the advances made in SOF medicine in the past 25 years. But it no more reflects current SOF practice than a 25 year-old Merck Manual reflects current Family Practice. In 2007, it is merely a curiosity.”
“Readers who use some of the tips and remedies could potentially cause harm to themselves or their patients.”
In order to use that manual, you would have to already know what is still useful versus what isn't. I have a copy and I know the parts that are and aren’t. It's still a fascinating read, especially the parts that are in there that "would result in disciplinary measures".
Fundamental Skills in Surgery [Hardcover]
By Thomas F. Nealon, William H. Nealon
www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Skills-Surgery-Thomas-Nealon/dp/0721664601/
ISBN-13 : 9780721664606
Binding : Hardcover
Pages : 468
Publisher : W.B. Saunders Company
Fundamental Skills for Surgery
Richard Perry
www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Skills-Surgery-Iain-Skinner/dp/0074713353/
ISBN13: 9780074713358,
ISBN10: 0074713353,
Division: Professional,
Pub Date: OCT-08,
Pages: 320
Edition: 02
ALL of the following books are in use over the world by those who are not necessarily trained in surgery to perform any number of surgeries.
[Begin_My_Opinion]
The following 3 books are in the “Buy these to round out your already extensive Medical Library” category.
They are a bit pricey. The wikipedia source for copy/paste into Word/Print is incomplete.
[End_My_Opinion]
Primary Surgery: Non-Trauma v.1: Non-Trauma Vol 1 (Paperback)
by Maurice King (Editor), Peter C. Bewes (Editor), James Cairns (Editor), Jim Thornton (Editor)
Paperback: 656 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford; New edition edition (14 Jun 1990)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192616943
ISBN-13: 978-0192616944
www.amazon.co.uk/Primary-Surgery-Non-Trauma-v-1-Vol/dp/0192616943
Trauma: 2 (Primary Surgery) (Paperback)
by Maurice H. King (Author)
Paperback: 381 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (22 Jan 1987)
Language English
ISBN-10: 019261598X
ISBN-13: 978-0192615985
www.amazon.co.uk/Trauma-Primary-Maurice-H-King/dp/019261598X/
Primary Anaesthesia (Primary Surgery) (Paperback)
by Maurice H. King (Author)
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (19 Jun 1986)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192615920
ISBN-13: 978-0192615923
www.amazon.com/Primary-Anesthesia-Surgery-Maurice-King/dp/0192615920
One additional book suggested by one whom I know to be knowledgeable. I do not have the book nor have I read it.
It is on my list to get books.
Atlas of Minor Surgery
I.D. Cracknell & M.G. Mead
www.amazon.com/Atlas-Minor-Surgery-Ian-Cracknell/dp/0443053049/
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company, 1 edition (June 1998)
ISBN-10: 0443053049
ISBN-13: 978-0443053047
Pages: 86
Available in German as well: www.amazon.com/Kleine-Chirurgie-Ian-D-Cracknell/dp/3456831315/