A list of medical books you might want to have/read/study before bad times happen.
OK - MY OPINION - If you work thru this list, in the order it appears, you will obtain a broad range of good medical knowledge, starting with the basics then working up.
However, without training and practice.................
Remember, a BOOK a COOK does not make.
If you have time/money etc - take the Red Cross 1st Aid courses, join a CERT team, GET TRAINING.
NEW VERSION - THIS POST UPDATED 12/30/2017Survival and Austere Medicine: An introduction V3
https://www.ausprep.org/manuals Where There Is No Doctor
Where There Is No Dentist
http://hesperian.org/books-and-resources/ The Ship Captain's Medical Guide
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-ship-captains-medical-guide 2007 Ranger Medic Handbook
http://www.patriotresistance.com/Ranger_Medic_Handbook_2007_1_.pdf Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (Book Only Edition) (Ring-bound)
http://www.amazon.com/Special-Operations-Forces-Medical-Handbook/dp/1893441547/ AND NOW:
Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook, 2nd Edition (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Special-Operations-Forces-Medical-Handbook/dp/0160808960/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257352684&sr=8-2 I have both (including the 1st edition companion CD).
The 1st. has stuff the 2nd does not have.
The 2nd. has stuff the 1st does not have.
If you can affort it - my opinion - get both.
HOWEVER, the original Special Force's medical guide was completely supplanted by the SOF medical handbook noted above. The following are some quotes about the original SF manual:
"That manual is a relic of sentimental and historical interest only, advocating treatments that, if used by today’s medics, would result in disciplinary measures,” wrote Dr. Warner Anderson, a U.S. Army Colonel (ret.) and former associate dean of the Special Warfare Medical Group. “The manual you reference is of great historical importance in illustrating the advances made in SOF medicine in the past 25 years. But it no more reflects current SOF practice than a 25 year-old Merck Manual reflects current Family Practice. In 2007, it is merely a curiosity.”
“Readers who use some of the tips and remedies could potentially cause harm to themselves or their patients.”
In order to use this manual, you would have to already know what is still useful vs what isn't. I have a copy, it's a fascinating read, especially the parts that are in there that "would result in disciplinary measures".
Fundamental Skills in Surgery [Hardcover]
By Thomas F. Nealon, William H. Nealon
http://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Skills-Surgery-Thomas-Nealon/dp/0721664601/ ISBN-13 : 9780721664606
Binding : Hardcover
Pages : 468
Publisher : W.B. Saunders Company
Fundamental Skills for Surgery
Richard Perry
http://www.amazon.com/Fundamental-Skills-Surgery-Iain-Skinner/dp/0074713353/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232219859&sr=1-2 ISBN13: 9780074713358,
ISBN10: 0074713353,
Division: Professional,
Pub Date: OCT-08,
Pages: 320
Edition: 02
Two sources
Ditch Medicine
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2205119/Ditch-Medicine-Advanced-Field-Procedures-For-Emergencies-1993Ditch Medicine: Advanced Field Procedures For Emergencies (Paperback)
http://www.amazon.com/Ditch-Medicine-Advanced-Procedures-Emergencies/dp/1581603908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232743604&sr=1-1 Hugh Coffee
ISBN-10: 1581603908
ISBN-13: 978-1581603903
ALL of the following books are in use over the world by those who are not necessarily trained in surgery to perform any number of surgeries.
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These 3 books are in the “Buy these to round out your already extensive Medical Library” category.
They are a bit pricey. The wikipedia source for copy/paste into Word/Print is incomplete.
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Primary Surgery: Non-Trauma v.1: Non-Trauma Vol 1 (Paperback)
by Maurice King (Editor), Peter C. Bewes (Editor), James Cairns (Editor), Jim Thornton (Editor)
Paperback: 656 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford; New edition edition (14 Jun 1990)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192616943
ISBN-13: 978-0192616944
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Primary-Surgery-Non-Trauma-v-1-Vol/dp/0192616943 Trauma: 2 (Primary Surgery) (Paperback)
by Maurice H. King (Author)
Paperback: 381 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (22 Jan 1987)
Language English
ISBN-10: 019261598X
ISBN-13: 978-0192615985
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trauma-Primary-Maurice-H-King/dp/019261598X/ref=pd_sim_b_1/275-9104060-8185224 Primary Anaesthesia (Primary Surgery) (Paperback)
by Maurice H. King (Author)
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford (19 Jun 1986)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192615920
ISBN-13: 978-0192615923
One additional book suggested by one whom I know to be knowledgeable. I do not have the book nor have I read it.
It is on my list to get books.
Atlas of Minor Surgery
I.D. Cracknell & M.G. Mead
http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Minor-Surgery-Ian-Cracknell/dp/0443053049/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233412141&sr=1-2 Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company, 1 edition (June 1998)
ISBN-10: 0443053049
ISBN-13: 978-0443053047
Pages: 86
Available in German as well:
http://www.amazon.com/Kleine-Chirurgie-Ian-D-Cracknell/dp/3456831315/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233412108&sr=1-3