Mountain Sickness Prevention, Recognition, and Treatment

Summary: This popular, indispensable book offers guidelines for warning symptoms of high altitude sickness. Useful for trekkers, skiers, and climbers, this guide defines acute mountain sickness and divides it into three categories: mild, moderate, and severe. In layman's terms, Dr. Hackett provides information on evaluation and treatment of peripheral edema, cerebral edema, high altitude pulmonary edema, and high altitude ret...inal hemorrhage. This handy, pocket-sized guide is one that anyone traveling to high altitudes should have in their pack. [read more]