First Aid for Horse and Rider: Emergency Care for the Stable and Trail - Brossura

Loving, Nancy S.; Preston, Gilbert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1599212935 ISBN 13: 9781599212937

Casa editrice: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008

Riassunto

This is the long-awaited how-to handbook for treating riding injuries in the field for both rider and horse, with step-by-step numbered instructions for the most common injuries and what to do until help arrives. Injuries range from insect and animal bites, allergies, and broken bones to head injuries, hypothermia, and hoof wounds. This is an authoritative pocket reference that combines advice from a reputable veterinarian and a medical doctor, a perfect package for first aid kits.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Nancy S. Loving, DVM, owns Loving Equine Clinic in Boulder, Colorado. She is the author of numerous books, and articles including All Horse Systems Go: The Horse Owner’s Full-Color Veterinary Care and Conditioning Resource for Modern Performance, Sport and Pleasure Horses.
 
Gilbert M. Preston, MD, is the author of the Falcon book Wilderness First Aid. He works in Butte, Montana.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Reach for this book when first-aid action is required for horses and their riders.

With simple language and a quick-access format, this book provides advice from both a DVM and an MD about handling all the common injuries and conditions that can arise when people and horses come together. It opens with an essential chapter on what to do when both horses and riders are injured. For horses, it covers animal/insect bites, wounds and bleeding, bone injuries, eye conditions, heat stress, allergic reactions, hoof problems, acute lameness, and more. For riders, it covers CPR, head injuries, lightning injuries, bone and joint injuries, and many other conditions.

First Aid for Horse and Rider is essential for every tack room and cantle-bag.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1599212935
• ISBN 13: 9781599212937
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile