MOUNTAIN RESCUE DOCTOR: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature.…

MOUNTAIN RESCUE DOCTOR: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature. by Van Tilburg, Christopher. < >

MOUNTAIN RESCUE DOCTOR: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature.

Edition: First printing.

New York: St Martin's, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author is an emergency room physician, a ski patrol doctor, an emergency wilderness physician, and a member of the Hood River Crag Rats, the oldest mountain rescue team in the country. He "shares personal stories of harrowing and suspenseful rescues and recoveries, including the recent Mount Hood disaster, which claimed the lives of three climbers.[and] we confront some of the ethical challenges a wilderness physician faces in making tough choices about who can be saved and at what cost." Illustrated with color photographs. x, 293 pp. ISBN: 978-0312358877.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 87029
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