SECTION I. PREVENTIONCHAPTER 1: TRAINING, INFORMATION, EQUIPMENT AND JUDGEMENT1.1. INTRODUCTION1.2. SUMMARY OF SOME PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES FOR THE MOUNTAINS1.3.INFORMATION OF INTEREST1.4. TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT1.5. WEATHER ON THE MOUNTAIN CHAPTER 2: NUTRITION2.1. WHY DO WE EAT?2.2. HOW MUCH ENERGY DO WE NEED?2.3. THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS2.4. THE BALANCED DIET2.5. DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ATHLETES2.6. RETENTION OF FOOD IN THE STOMACH2.7. WATER PURIFICATION CHAPTER 3: PHYSICAL PREPARATION 3.1. THE PHYSICAL FORM3.2 PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND HEALTH3.3. PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND IMPROVING ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE 3.4. SPORTS TRAINING3.5. BASIC PHYSICAL QUALITIES3.6. RISKS OF EXERCISE SECTION II. ENVIRONMENT-RELATED PROBLEMSCHAPTER 4: TEMPERATURE REGULATION4.1. MECHANISMS OF HEAT LOSS4.2. MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION TO TEMPERATURE CHANGES CHAPTER 5: HYPOTHERMIA5.1. CONCEPT 5.2. EPIDEMIOLOGY 5.3. PHYSIOLOGY5.4. CLINICAL 5.5. COMPLEMENTARY EXPLORATIONS5.6. CLASSIFICATION5.7. PREVENTION5.8. TREATMENT 5.9. MOST FREQUENT COMPLICATIONS5.10. PROGNOSIS CHAPTER 6: FROSTBITE AND OTHER PATHOLOGIES CAUSED BY THE COLD 6.1. CONCEPT6.2. EPIDEMIOLOGY6.3. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 6.4. CLINICAL AND CLASSIFICATION6.5 PREVENTION6.6. TREATMENT 6.7. EVOLUTION6.8. OTHER PATHOLOGIES CAUSED BY THE COLD CHAPTER 7: HEAT, DRYNESS AND HUMIDITY7.1. HEAT7.2. DRYNESS7.3. HUMIDITY CHAPTER 8: SOLAR RADIATION8.1. SUN AND THE SKIN8.2. SUN AND THE EYES CHAPTER 9: LIGHTNING, FOG AND WIND9.1. LIGHTNING9.2. FULGURATION9.3. MIST 9.4. WIND CHAPTER 10: ALTITUDE10.1 PATHOLOGIES RELATED TO ALTITUDE10.2. DIAGNOSIS 10.3. PREVENTION 10.4 TREATMENT CHAPTER 11. ANIMAL BITES AND STINGS 11.1. MAMMAL BITES 11.2. ARTHROPODS BITES11.3. SNAKE BITES CHAPTER 12. POISONING BY PLANTS 12.1. ACONITUM NAPELLUS (BLUE), AND ACONITUM VULPARIA (YELLOW) 12.2. ATROPA BELLADONNA12.3. BRYONIA DIOICA 12.4. COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE12.5. CONIUM MACULATUM12.6. CORIARIA MYRTIFOLIA12.7 DAPHNE MEZEREUM12.8 DATURA STRAMONIUM12.9 HEDERA HELIX 12.10. LONICERA XYLOSTEUM12.11 NERIUM OLEANDER 12.12. RICINUS COMMUNIS12.13. URTICARIA URENS AND URTICA DIOICA CHAPTER 13: MUSHROOM POISONING 13.1 INTRODUCTION13.2.CLINICAL PRESENTATION 13.3 GENERAL MANAGEMENT 13.4. RECOMMENDATIONS TO PREVENT MUSHROOM POISONING13.5. TECHNIQUES USED IN THE TREATMENT OF POISONING SECTION III: PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ACCIDENTSCHAPTER 14: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION 14.1 THE CARDIORESPIRATORY SYSTEM14.2. LIFE SUPPORT CHAPTER 15: ACTION IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT15.1. OVERVIEW15.2. ACTION IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT15.3. PROTOCOL FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IN A MOUNTAIN ACCIDENT15.4 SUMMARY CHAPTER 16. IMMOBILISING AND MOVING THE VICTIM16.1. MOVEMENT MECHANISMS
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