Mayo Clinic First-Aid Guide for Outdoor Adventures
A comprehensive outdoors first-aid book from the experts at Mayo Clinic, the most trusted name in medicine.
Welcome to the jungle, the mountains, or the high seas! Wherever your travels take you, Mayo Clinic First Aid Guide for Outdoor Adventures is here to help you survive your next trek in the wilderness. Fires, falls and flesh wounds are no match for the advice and instructions provided by the experts at Mayo Clinic, the most trusted name in medicine.
No cell service? No problem! This rugged, water resistant, pocket-sized guide is specially designed to toss into your backpack, kayak, or boat—even that first aid kit in the trunk of your car. It’s the must-have addition to your packing list. So, dust off that headlamp, shake out your sleeping bag and commit to being prepared. It could mean the difference between life and death!
Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions with close to 100 illustrations on medical emergencies like:
- What to do if you’re bitten by a snake?
- How do you recognize frostbite
- How do you remove a fishhook?
- What to do if a friend is struck by lightning
- What to pack, prepare, and how to avoid injury in the first place!
As you embark on your next outdoor expedition, let Mayo Clinic First-Aid Guide for Outdoor Adventures be your steadfast companion, providing you with the tools to navigate the unexpected and make the most of your outdoor pursuits. Together, let’s make every journey a safe and memorable one.
Mayo Clinic Guide to Fertility and Conception, 2nd Edition
You are not alone.
Based on their extensive expertise in helping people build their families, Mayo Clinic physicians break down what contributes to healthy eggs and sperm, steps you can take to get ready for pregnancy, how babies are made, and tips for ovulation tracking, timing sex, and improving your chances. This comprehensive guide also demystifies miscarriage and ectopic pregnancies, as well as many common fertility problems. In addition, the authors offer the latest on reproductive assistance, third-party reproduction, and fertility preservation, and the many options now available to help all families, including LGBTQ, transgender and single parents-to-be, achieve the dream of having a baby.
About the Medical Editors
Zaraq Khan, M.B.B.S., is a physician at the forefront of modern reproductive issues. After earning his medical degree in Pakistan, he completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, and a masters in clinical research at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He also received specialized training in minimally invasive gynecologic and reproductive surgery as a Mayo Clinic Travelling Scholar across Western Europe. Dr. Khan’s clinical expertise includes diagnosis and management of infertility, uterine fibroids and endometriosis, and minimally invasive surgery for complex conditions. In addition, his research focuses on the impact of endometriosis on fertility and fertility preservation through ovarian tissue cryopreservation and uterine transplants.
Samir Babayev, M.D., born and raised in Azerbaijan, earned his medical degree at Istanbul University in Turkey. He then completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at New York Medical College and a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Babayev’s broad research interests and clinical expertise span reproductive surgery, reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Through his work with minimal stimulation in vitro fertilization (IVF), he has helped to develop protocols that minimize the use of fertility medications, lowering certain risks without compromising success rates. Dr. Babayev serves as the IVF Clinic director at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he strives to offer the most up-to-date and comprehensive fertility treatments available.
Chandra C. Shenoy, M.D., is an assistant professor and physician in obstetrics and gynecology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Following medical school at St. Louis University, she completed residency at MetroHealth Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic. She also completed a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Mayo Clinic, as well as a masters in biomedical sciences. Clinically, Dr. Shenoy specializes in infertility with a focus on complex in vitro fertilization (IVF) and third party reproduction. She is the medical director for the Third Party Reproduction Program at Mayo Clinic, which helps build families through donor sperm, donor eggs, or gestational carriers. She advocates for single parents, the LGBTQ community, and couples experiencing infertility or pregnancy loss and is dedicated to helping build families of all kinds.
