Sports Medicine: It’s Environmental

When the environment adds risk to athletic participation, a practical quick reference can help team physicians navigate the challenges. Sports Medicine: It’s Environmental brings together guidance on recognizing environment-related injuries and diseases, initial treatment responses, and extraction from hazardous environments. Its consistent chapter structure makes cross-referencing straightforward, supporting decisions focused on athlete health and safety.

What you'll learn

• Recognize weather-related risks: Explore heat, cold, UV exposure, and severe weather, including lightning and hurricanes.
• Navigate challenging terrain and settings: Understand the risks of mountainous and high-altitude conditions, wet and isolated environments, and dangerous situations.
• Assess shared-environment hazards: Address crowded mass sporting events, contagious diseases, indoor settings, air pollution, and water-quality concerns.
• Identify and respond to environmental injuries and diseases: Use clinical pearls and recommended initial treatment responses to inform care.
• Plan extraction from harmful environments: Consult guidelines for removing athletes from pathological environments.
• Find and review guidance efficiently: Benefit from a consistent structure for easy cross-referencing, with learning objectives and key reading references in every chapter.

Who this is for

This practical manual is for team physicians seeking an essential quick reference on the environmental risks of sports participation. It supports readers navigating the complexities of environmental medicine in sports, with athlete health and safety at the center.

Details

• Authors: Mark R. Hutchinson, Sérgio Rocha Piedade
• Publisher: Springer
• Brand: Orthopedics Library
• ISBN: 9783031844935, 3031844939

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