This chapter from Outdoor Emergency Care: A Patroller's Guide to Medical Care (6th edition) focuses on managing altitude-related emergencies. It outlines the essential resources for both instructors and students, including textbooks, online materials, and multimedia tools. The core of the chapter lies in its objectives, which guide OEC Technicians to define altitude, understand oxygen changes at high elevations, identify risk factors and prevention strategies, and most critically, recognize, assess, and treat specific altitude illnesses like Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE), and High-Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE). Key terms are defined to build foundational knowledge, and the detailed lecture outline further explains the physiology of altitude, acclimatization, the characteristics of each illness, prevention methods, and protocols for patient assessment and management, emphasizing the critical role of rapid descent and oxygen administration in treatment.

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