Presents the challenges of mountain rescue and the many changes the author has both witnessed and been a party to. This title includes accounts of real-life rescues, discussions of mountain rescue topics such as hypothermia, first aid, and the use of helicopters and search and rescue dogs.
The new edition of this unique handbook continues to provide an accessible and comprehensive, signs-and-symptoms based source of information on medical problems commonly seen in the tropics. A practical guide to diagnosis and management for medical practitioners and students, it can fit in the coat pocket and be used easily at the bedside.
Places the events of the 1990s in the context of the author's family's experience through a period of over 100 years, culminating in her own flight from Serbian forces in 1999. This work presents a story of endurance, love and hope.
Features the autobiography and poetry of Robert Davidson (1778-1855). This work features poems that offers grave reflections upon Davidson's life and times. It provides us with an insight into the major effects which the agricultural revolution had upon rural life in the south of Scotland.