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Medical Aspects Of Harsh Environments Volume 1

Contents Foreword by The Surgeon General xi Preface xiii Section I: Hot Environments 1 1. Introduction to Heat-Related Problems in Military Operations 3 2. Human Adaptation to Hot Environments 51 3. Physical Exercise in Hot Climates: Physiology, Performance, and Biomedical Issues 87 4. Psychological Aspects of Military Performance in Hot Environments 135 5. Pathophysiology of Heatstroke 161 6. Prevention of Heat Illness 209 7. Clinical Diagnosis, Management, and Surveillance of Exertional Heat Illness 231 8. Exertional Heatstroke in the Israeli Defence Forces 281 9. Practical Medical Aspects of Military Operations in the Heat 293 Section II: Cold Environments 311 10. Cold, Casualties, and Conquests: The Effects of Cold on Warfare 313 11. Human Physiological Responses to Cold Stress and Hypothermia 351 12. Human Psychological Performance in Cold Environments 383 13. Prevention of Cold Injuries 411 14. Clinical Aspects of Freezing Cold Injury 429 15. Nonfreezing Cold Injury 467 16. Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia 491 17. Cold Water Immersion 531 18. Military Medical Operations in Cold Environments 553 Pictorial Atlas of Freezing Cold Injury 567 Abbreviations and Acronyms xv Index

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