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11-13-01, 03:43
These databases are not online all the time – if you get them, find your doc, click expand text, click – yes, I know it’s gonna generate a LOT of data, do it anyway, then, rectumuming you are using windows, in your browser, click favorites, and click save offline – retile doc, and probably put in a medical directory. – burn it to CD, if you have a CD burner, or can borrow one.
The surgical docs contain some REALLY gross pictures – be warned! There is a ton of info in other places, poke around. A book on earthquake disasters, for example, had a chart of the most likely diseases and parasites/conditions to appear in that type of situation, and preventive actions. There are many docs on sanitation and nutrition, etc – these are just some that I found the most interesting.
Lay readers are going to be more interested in the books under the second URL, med professionals should be interested in both. However! – pay attention to the first, if you can provide that kind of info to a GP, it WILL save lives, rectumuming it gets that bad… just save and pass on. But be warned, it’s gross!, the surgical stuff, that is.
http://www.helid.desastres.net/
(most of the books in this section should scare the hell out of you, if you aren’t intimidated, your either a danger to yourself and the people around you or you are an MD, or other medical professional. The exception being the lab books, and if you stockpile antibio’s you SHOULD invest in some med lab supplies, esp a good, used, microscope – about $200. , and practice w/ it. Don’t think malaria won’t hit this country if things break down, along w/ a host of other things. These books are worth saving. Invest in a laptop and solar or some means of charging a battery – these and a MD, even a podiatrist, can be a life saving combination. They were written to bring the GP up to speed.
These are the kind of things you see in war zones. We ARE at war and the US is a WAR zone!) WAKE UP!
Also, note that the doc on amputation explains and pictures VERY graphically, what happens when you place a tourniquet too high. tourniquets should almost NEVER be used, and when they are, they should be as wide as possible – this minimizes tissue damage. If you are not 100% clear on this, read that document. It will BURN the effects of your actions into your mind. Use a wide belt, NOT a shoelace!!!!!
Basic Malaria Microscopy (part I and II) (WHO - OMS, 1991, 72 p.)
Basic Laboratory Procedures in Clinical Bacteriology (WHO - OMS, 1991, 128 p.)
Amputation for War Wounds (ICRC, 30 p.)
Hospitals for War-Wounded (ICRC, 1998, 168 p.)
The Red Cross Wound Classification (ICRC, 1997, 16 p.)
Surgery at the District Hospital: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics and Traumatology (WHO - OMS, 1991, 207 p.) (nice section on basic childbirth)
Surgery for Victims of War (ICRC, 1998, 225 p.)
War Wounds: Basic Surgical Management (ICRC, 1994, 44 p.)
War Wounds of Limbs - Surgical Management (ICRC, 1993, 116 p.)
War Wounds with Fractures: A Guide to Surgical Management (ICRC, 1996, 64 p.)
http://media.payson.tulane.edu:8086/
(these books are more friendly and usable for lay people. At the least, buy a good med dictionary and ideally take some EMT, med tech or nursing courses)
Clinical Guidelines and Treatment Manual (Medicines Sans Frontières, 1993)
(this book is REALLY good – kinda like where there is no DR, but w/ med vocab)
Minor Surgical Procedures in Remote Areas (Médecins Sans Frontières, 1989)
(this one teaches you to suture, debride minor wounds, insert a chest tube or catheter, extract a tooth, set dislocations, apply traction, sterilize supplies, etc)
Preparation for Childbirth - A Health Workers Manual (Peace Corps, 1979, 88 pages)
Safe Blood in Developing Countries - the Lessons from Uganda (European Commission, 1995, 151 pages)
Technical Health: Training Manual Vol. 2 (Peace Corps, 1985, 404 pages)
Training Manual in Combating Childhood Communicable Diseases Part I (Peace Corps, 1985, 579 pages)
Training Manual in Combating Childhood Communicable Diseases Part II (Peace Corps, 1985, 675 pages)
Essential Drugs - Practical Guidelines (Médecins Sans Frontières)
(EXCELENT BOOK!)
The surgical docs contain some REALLY gross pictures – be warned! There is a ton of info in other places, poke around. A book on earthquake disasters, for example, had a chart of the most likely diseases and parasites/conditions to appear in that type of situation, and preventive actions. There are many docs on sanitation and nutrition, etc – these are just some that I found the most interesting.
Lay readers are going to be more interested in the books under the second URL, med professionals should be interested in both. However! – pay attention to the first, if you can provide that kind of info to a GP, it WILL save lives, rectumuming it gets that bad… just save and pass on. But be warned, it’s gross!, the surgical stuff, that is.
http://www.helid.desastres.net/
(most of the books in this section should scare the hell out of you, if you aren’t intimidated, your either a danger to yourself and the people around you or you are an MD, or other medical professional. The exception being the lab books, and if you stockpile antibio’s you SHOULD invest in some med lab supplies, esp a good, used, microscope – about $200. , and practice w/ it. Don’t think malaria won’t hit this country if things break down, along w/ a host of other things. These books are worth saving. Invest in a laptop and solar or some means of charging a battery – these and a MD, even a podiatrist, can be a life saving combination. They were written to bring the GP up to speed.
These are the kind of things you see in war zones. We ARE at war and the US is a WAR zone!) WAKE UP!
Also, note that the doc on amputation explains and pictures VERY graphically, what happens when you place a tourniquet too high. tourniquets should almost NEVER be used, and when they are, they should be as wide as possible – this minimizes tissue damage. If you are not 100% clear on this, read that document. It will BURN the effects of your actions into your mind. Use a wide belt, NOT a shoelace!!!!!
Basic Malaria Microscopy (part I and II) (WHO - OMS, 1991, 72 p.)
Basic Laboratory Procedures in Clinical Bacteriology (WHO - OMS, 1991, 128 p.)
Amputation for War Wounds (ICRC, 30 p.)
Hospitals for War-Wounded (ICRC, 1998, 168 p.)
The Red Cross Wound Classification (ICRC, 1997, 16 p.)
Surgery at the District Hospital: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics and Traumatology (WHO - OMS, 1991, 207 p.) (nice section on basic childbirth)
Surgery for Victims of War (ICRC, 1998, 225 p.)
War Wounds: Basic Surgical Management (ICRC, 1994, 44 p.)
War Wounds of Limbs - Surgical Management (ICRC, 1993, 116 p.)
War Wounds with Fractures: A Guide to Surgical Management (ICRC, 1996, 64 p.)
http://media.payson.tulane.edu:8086/
(these books are more friendly and usable for lay people. At the least, buy a good med dictionary and ideally take some EMT, med tech or nursing courses)
Clinical Guidelines and Treatment Manual (Medicines Sans Frontières, 1993)
(this book is REALLY good – kinda like where there is no DR, but w/ med vocab)
Minor Surgical Procedures in Remote Areas (Médecins Sans Frontières, 1989)
(this one teaches you to suture, debride minor wounds, insert a chest tube or catheter, extract a tooth, set dislocations, apply traction, sterilize supplies, etc)
Preparation for Childbirth - A Health Workers Manual (Peace Corps, 1979, 88 pages)
Safe Blood in Developing Countries - the Lessons from Uganda (European Commission, 1995, 151 pages)
Technical Health: Training Manual Vol. 2 (Peace Corps, 1985, 404 pages)
Training Manual in Combating Childhood Communicable Diseases Part I (Peace Corps, 1985, 579 pages)
Training Manual in Combating Childhood Communicable Diseases Part II (Peace Corps, 1985, 675 pages)
Essential Drugs - Practical Guidelines (Médecins Sans Frontières)
(EXCELENT BOOK!)