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100 1 $aFong, Kevin,$d1971-
240 10$aExtremes
245 10$aExtreme medicine :$bhow exploration transformed medicine in the twentieth century /$cKevin Fong, M.D.
246 30$aHow exploration transformed medicine in the twentieth century
260 $aNew York :$bThe Penguin Press,$c2015.
300 $a294 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
500 $a"Published in Great Britain under the title 'Extremes: life, death and the limits of the human body' by Hodder & Stoughton"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-285) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Ice -- Fire -- Heart -- Trauma -- Intensive care -- Water -- Orbit -- Mars -- Final frontiers.
520 $aIn the twentieth century, medicine transformed human life. Doctors took what was routinely fatal and made it survivable. As modernity brought us ever more into different kinds of extremes, doctors pushed the bounds of medical advances and human endurance. Extreme exploration challenged the body in ways that only the vanguard of science could answer. Doctors, scientists, and explorers all share a defining trait: they push on in the face of grim odds. Because of their extreme exploration we not only understand our physiology better; we have also made enormous strides in the science of healing. Drawing on his own experience as an anesthesiologist, intensive care expert, and NASA adviser, Dr. Kevin Fong examines how cutting-edge medicine pushes the envelope of human survival by studying the human body's response when tested by physical extremes. Extreme Medicine explores different limits of endurance and the lens each offers onone of the systems ofthe body. The challenges of Arctic exploration created opportunities for breakthroughs in open heart surgery; battlefield doctors pioneered techniques for skin grafts, heart surgery, and trauma care; underwater and outer space exploration have revolutionized our understanding of breathing, gravity, and much more. Avant-garde medicine is fundamentally changing our ideas about the nature of life and death.
650 0$aMedical innovations$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0$aFirst aid in illness and injury.
650 0$aSpace medicine$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0$aExtreme environments$xHealth aspects.
650 0$aAdventure travel$xHealth aspects.
650 0$aSpace flight$xHealth aspects.
650 0$aDiscoveries in geography$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0$aMedicine$xHistory.
650 0$aMedical emergencies.
650 0$aPhysical fitness.