Book Going Higher: Oxygen Man And Mountains, 5Th Ed Pdf ISBN-10 0898866316, ISBN-13 978-0898866

Going Higher: Oxygen Man And Mountains, 5Th Ed

By autor: Charles Houston
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1998 Banff Mountain Exposition Award WinnerCutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday lifeInterweaves fascinating research discoveries with dramatic first-person accountsAuthored by a celebrated mountaineer and physician who pioneered research in the fieldFrom the time of his historic expedition to Nanda Devi in the high Himalaya, Charl...

Paperback: 318 pages
Publisher: Mountaineers Books; 5 edition (May 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0898866316
ISBN-13: 978-0898866315
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 1264517
Format: PDF ePub fb2 djvu book

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A friend of mine with IPF was considering attempting to climb a mountain at about 12,000 feet which normally does not require oxygen for healthy people. This book did provides valuable insight in to dealing with low oxygen levels while climbing. Unfo...

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M.D., was fascinated by the effects of altitude on the human body. Why do people get sick in the mountains? What are the symptoms of hypoxia -- lack of sufficient oxygen -- that also occurs in everyday life, sometimes chronically due to disease? How can we decrease the incidence of illness and death?This edition incorporates current research on the effects of altitude on humans, and Houston (now deceased) joined forces with an educator and a medical writer in a text made even more accessible for the average reader while retaining the depth of material of particular use to the medical community. This edition of this seminal text added chapters on vision and the eye at altitude, chronic and subacute altitude illness, and the limits to work at altitude (with implications for athletic training). It presents information on genetics and gender differences and more on flight and space travel, on understanding and treating sea-level hypoxic illnesses, and on who can (or should not) go to high altitude, and much more. With an expanded glossary of terms.