Now on its second edition, Outdoor First Aid by Katherine Wills is fully updated and revised for 2024. If you have an interest in outdoor first aid or just work in the outdoors, this book is the perfect coffee table read.
All outdoor activities carry risks and whether you’re a walker, climber, mountain biker, wild swimmer, paddler or fell runner you’ll appreciate that when you’re some distance (and time) from help; you need to have a different set of first aid skills.
In an urban setting you can rely on ambulance crews, paramedics and even doctors to provide assistance and medical care when things don’t go to plan. But once you’re in an outdoor environment away from immediate help you need a different approach. A complicated evacuation may be required. You might need to administer first aid in awkward or even dangerous place. The limited resources you have available to you mean that you have to be able adapt and improvise. Outdoor First Aid is written specifically towards first aid in the UK remote outdoor setting.
The book is packed full of useful information written in an easy-to-understand manner and accompanied by high quality, clear photographs.
18 chapters explain every aspect of outdoor first aid including dealing with a conscious and unconscious casualty, breathing problems, life-threatening bleeding and shock, dressings and bandages, care of burns and other wounds, fractures, dislocations and sprains, head, scalp, face and eye injuries, spine and back injuries, a variety of other medical conditions, heat and cold injuries, moving and carrying a casualty, working with rescue services, outdoor first aid kits, post traumatic stress disorder and triaging multiple casualties.
The author, Katherine Wills is a qualified specialist PE teacher and currently runs Active First Aid Training delivering Rescue Emergency Care certified courses throughout the UK. Having lived in Snowdonia since the mid 80’s she is passionate about mountaineering. Katherine is a member of the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team and has attended over 350 rescue incidents. For over two decades she held the Mountain Rescue Council’s Casualty Care first aid certificate as well as the Emergency Care in Mountain Rescue (Advanced) certificate.
Buy your copy of Outdoor First Aid by Katherine Wills direct from the publisher at www.pesdapress.com/index.php/product/outdoor-first-aid/, from Amazon or from all good book stores.
If you’re looking for more than just a book about outdoor first aid and would like to learn how to keep people safe in the hills and mountains, check out our Outdoor First Aid courses!
