Written by highly respected outdoor and marine first aid experts Dr. Eric A. Weiss and Dr. Michael Jacobs for sailors, divers, paddlers and watersports devotees, the book emphasizes prevention and treatment of illness and injury. Topics range from CPR and wound management to submersion injuries, hazardous marine life and dive medicine. The 286-page book also includes supplementary material on evacuation of the sick and injured, use of a marine radio, water disinfection and life raft survival.

Features include:

•Weiss Advice improvisational techniques
•Recommended prescription medications to carry
•Preparing for foreign travel
•97 illustrations
•When to Worry tips