| | The High Altitude Medicine Handbook |  | Authors: Andrew J. Pollard, David R. Murdoch
Creator: James S. Milledge
Publisher: Books Faith,India
Category: Book
List Price: £9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 188563
Media: Paperback
Edition: Desk Ed
Pages: 146
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 8173031290
EAN: 9788173031298
ASIN: 8173031290
Publication Date: June 1, 2002
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This is the book that may save your life December 23, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is the book you need to read before travelling higher than 3,500 meters - it also comes in a small, thin-page format which means you can pack it in your rucksack. That's exactly what I did on a trip to the Himalayas, where I took it to 6,200 meters in altitude. The book dispells some dangerous myths, such as the one that taking Diamox to aid acclimitization to altidude masks the symptoms of altitude illness (it doesn't), or that its safe to take steriods to aid the process (its not).
The book is aimed at doctors but is equally understandable by ordinary folk like myself. It got me and a party of nine other climbers to high camp at 5,900 meters safely, helped me diagnose High Altitude Cerebral Edema in one of our porters (which probably saved his life as we sent him directly to a lower altitude), and helped us safely bring all of our party back down the mountain with all of our fingers and toes.
Once again, I can't recommend this book highly enough if yuo are going to altitude. Get it, study it and carry it, the life you save may be your own.
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